Former UFC champion reveals Top 5 fighters that excite him to watch
Everyone has their favorite fighters, or fighters that get them excited to tune in. During a recent episode of Deep Waters, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman revealed the top 5 fighters that he enjoys watching.
"It's tough because like thinking in America what we think of as being stars versus like worldwide stars. You could look at like social media presence, but sometimes that doesn't like really correlate with being like a star," Weidman said.
"For me, I ended up doing like who am I most excited to watch fight? Who do I get that buzz, you know, when they get ready to fight?"
Beginning with No. 5, Weidman picked current welterweight titleholder Khamzat Chimaev and moved up his list.
"Number five, I got Chimaev. Four, I got Jon Jones. Then I've got [Ilia] Topuria, Alex Pereira, and then Conor McGregor," said Weidman. "Conor McGregor and Jon Jones. have been out for awhile, but they're still on the UFC contracts, so I'm putting them in there."
Four of his top five are two-division UFC champions. One is considered the GOAT, and another is undeniably the biggest star the fight promotion has ever produced. What do you think of Weidman's list?