Chris Weidman

Christopher James Weidman, born on 17 June 1984 in Baldwin, New York, is an American former professional mixed martial artist, UFC Hall of Famer and MMA analyst who fought at middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A two-time NJCAA All-American and two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler at Nassau Community College and Hofstra, he took up submission grappling at Matt and Nick Serra's BJJ Academy, won the East Coast Grappler's Quest in his weight class and the Absolute Division with all 13 matches ending in submissions, and competed at the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Barcelona, where he lost in the quarter-finals. He joined the UFC in 2011, began 9 and 0, and in 2013 defeated Anderson Silva to win the middleweight championship, ending Silva's 16-fight winning streak and holding the title for two and a half years with three defenses. In May 2015 he received a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from Renzo Gracie and Matt Serra.