Chris Weidman: I believed I could beat Anderson Silva from day one *VIDEO*

[ads1]This is one of many interviews with UFC middleweight contender Chris Weidman you will likely see this week as he prepares for the culmination of his professional athletic career which will take place Saturday night in the UFC 162 main event in Las Vegas when he faces Anderson “The Spider” Silva, a man who has reigned over the UFC’s 185 pound division for nearly 9 years!!

That’s right, “The Spider” first won the UFC middleweight title at UFC 64 back in Oct. 2006 and has ruled the division with an iron fist ever since. Opponent after opponent, contender after contender, the UFC has set them up and “The Spider” has knocked them down and knocked them out. Will Chris Weidman, at 29-years-old and with an unbeaten record of only 9-0, be the man to finally stop the 38-year-old veteran Anderson Silva (33-4)? In this interview with the managing editor of SI.com, Weidman says he has known since day one that he can beat Anderson Silva — and a whole lot of people seem to agree with him. What say you?

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