UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman coach Ray Longo responds to Anderson "The Spider" Silva's recent comments that if the accident didn't occur he (Anderson Silva) would have won the fight and that Chris Weidman shouldn't consider the second fight as a win.
"I just think he got dominated in both fights, and definitely doesn't deserve anywhere near a third fight, in my opinion," said Chris Weidman's Coach.
According to a report by BJPenn.com, Ray Longo was shocked by the comments made by "The Spider" after his fight with Chris Weidman at UFC 168.
"My initial feeling was, wow, this guy. I always had a lot of respect for Anderson. But the first fight, he had his feet the wrong way, he was leaning too much, he knows what he did wrong. This time, Weidman didn't do anything, and he got hurt."
During the second round of their fight at UFC 168, Anderson threw kick at Chris Weidman, who checked it with perfect timing, shattering Silva's tibia and fibula.
Anderson Silva had an interview with Brazilian network, Globo and told them that his loss is the result of poor technique and was simply an accident, and if the injury didn't happen, that he would have most likely won the fight.
Chris Weidman Coach Ray Longo responded "I think these guys just aren't in touch with reality," "They have to learn how to lose properly and grow from your losses, and move on - instead of making excuses... Earn your way back up, correct your mistakes. That's what really being a champion is. One win or loss doesn't make a champion, but certainly making excuses isn't being a champion, either."
"I would think it's a lot of Oxycontins talking,"Chris Weidman Coach Ray Longo said. "(Silva's) on a lot of pain meds, and he's delirious... that would be my first gut feeling. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt."
When asked about a potential third fight, this is what he had to say.
"Me personally, (Silva is) going to have to earn his way back up, and maybe by the time he's 45, we'll be waiting for him," he said.
"I think the guy deserves a legacy. I really hope he takes a higher ground and just admits that the kid beat him, fair and square, twice, and go on and live with all your accolades. I think it's going to diminish his legacy if he keeps making excuses, because I don't think that's what a champion should do."
