After a promising start, Chris Weidman is dominated and loses to Erik Anders at UFC 310

After a promising start, Chris Weidman is dominated and loses to Erik Anders in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC News

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The 'executioner' of Brazilians Chris Weidman failed to beat Erik Anders this Saturday (7), at the traditional T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas (USA). In the fight at a combined weight (up to 88,4 kg.) on the preliminary card, Anders achieved the knockout in the second round after a brutal sequence on the ground, dominating Weidman.

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With the victory, Eryk Anders, a former American football player, confirms a record of 17 wins, nine losses, and one draw.

Weidman suffered his eighth career defeat. The man who defeated Anderson Silva , Vitor Belfort , and Lyoto Machida has 15 other wins.

Chris Weidman falls to Erik Anders and accumulates another defeat in the UFC

Weidman started applying kicks to keep distance from Anders, who immediately tried a dive, but found nothing. Soon after, Anders managed to press the former champion against the fence and started a good sequence, but in the middle he applied an illegal knee.

The referee stopped the fight, but didn't take any points away, he just gave Anders a hard time. At the end of the first round, Weidman landed a right cross that knocked his opponent down and went for ground and pound that even cut Anders' eyebrow.

In the second round, Anders managed to get a takedown early on and dominated the fight on the ground. He punished Weidman on the ground with hard punches. The referee saw that Weidman was unable to react and stopped the fight.

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