Weidman vs. Hall is a rematch

On September 24, 2010, Lou Neglia was holding another ROC event. On this card were two extremely talented middleweight prospects in Chris Weidman (then 2-0) and Uriah Hall (then 4-0). Rather than protect their perfect records, Lou saw a great fight between the two and booked their collision course for Ring of Combat XXXI. That night saw Weidman hand Hall his first professional loss via strikes.

But Joe Silva, Dana White, and the UFC brass sign fighters not records. And both Weidman and Hall are fighters.

The pair went on to the UFC with Weidman becoming UFC middleweight champion by dethroning UFC legend Anderson Silva. "The All American" went on to defend his title three times before being dethroned himself. Hall’s run in the UFC was a bit more of a bumpy road, but he's now on a win streak, having his hand raised in three of his last four bouts; Weidman has lost two of his last four.

A decade later they find themselves on another collision course, at UFC 258 on February 13. Their past can’t be denied. Both are ROC alumni greats and Lou’s philosophy has been tried and tested; that's why over 100 ROC fighters have gone on to the biggest promotion in the world, the UFC. Great fights make great fighters, and that’s why both Hall and Weidman have enjoyed long UFC careers. And just like many of their peers, it all started in Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat.

Lou has always made competitive fights and this one more example, in a long, long line. Be sure to look for the Ring of Combat footage of Weidman and Hall to promote their rematch at UFC 258. And you can watch the first fight on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAo_eAM_Hsg&feature=emb_title

Like the entire planet, ROC was hammered by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The last event was Ring of Combat 71 on February 21, 2020. But look for a 2021 summer return, as ROC is coming back bigger and better, and doing what that do best - finding unknown but talented fighters that go on to MMA stardom.

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Weidmann was awesome one day and fodder for the top ten the next. Wtf happened? Was is purely a matter of usada? Because nothing else really makes sense. 

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HillboFrateTrane -

Weidmann was awesome one day and fodder for the top ten the next. Wtf happened? Was is purely a matter of usada? Because nothing else really makes sense. 

I believe it was USADA

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Hall is likely going to win this in brutal fashion.

Dead President -
HillboFrateTrane -

Weidmann was awesome one day and fodder for the top ten the next. Wtf happened? Was is purely a matter of usada? Because nothing else really makes sense. 

I believe it was USADA

Same. Some of these guys have looked awful after USADA

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Ya'll must've missed Luke Rockhold landing 2,356 unanswered punches on prime chris.

That had something to do with it.

Precise_Improvement - 

Ya'll must've missed Luke Rockhold landing 2,356 unanswered punches on prime chris.

That had something to do with it.

I think Precise_Improvement nailed it. As much as the USADA argument can be made, I think there’s something to being demolished in the main event. Not just finished, but battered. I’m a Luke Rockhold fan (anomaly here) and even I had some difficulty watching that beatdown.

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Precise_Improvement - 

Ya'll must've missed Luke Rockhold landing 2,356 unanswered punches on prime chris.

That had something to do with it.

I think Precise_Improvement nailed it. As much as the USADA argument can be made, I think there’s something to being demolished in the main event. Not just finished, but battered. I’m a Luke Rockhold fan (anomaly here) and even I had some difficulty watching that beatdown.

That doesn’t explain his change in physique. 

He looks more like a dude that goes to Planet Fitness 4 days a week than a world glass athlete.

I know physiques don't necessarily win fights, but changes in musculature signify more than just a prolonged TKO beat down to me. 

If it wasn't USADA, then he's simply gotten complacent at best, and lazy at worst, in regards to his training. 

The last paragraph applies to Gian Villante also.

Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall bounced from UFC 258, could be rescheduled

A middleweight fight between Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall has been removed from the UFC 258 bill after the former tested positive for COVID-19.

News of the fight’s cancelation was first reported by Ariel Helwani of ESPN, the official broadcast partner of the UFC. Helwani added that the fight could be rescheduled for UFC 261 on April 24, which could potentially occur in Singapore, as recently reported by SCMP MMA’s John Hyon Ko.

“Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall is being moved,” Helwani wrote. “The fight, which was scheduled for UFC 258 on Feb. 13, has been canceled, sources say, after Weidman tested positive for COVID-19 recently. The current plan is for the fight to be moved to UFC 261 on April 24, according to sources.”

Chris Weidman and Uriah Hall have met once before, having fought under the Ring of Combat banner in 2010. The fight, which was Weidman’s third as a pro and Hall’s fifth, was won by the former via first-round TKO.

Since then, both men have had major success in the UFC.

Chris Weidman joined the promotion in 2010, and after picking up wins over the likes of Alessio Sakara, Demian Maia and Mark Munoz, captured the middleweight title with a jaw-dropping knockout of Anderson Silva. He then defended the title with wins over Silva, Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort, before ultimately surrendering it to Luke Rockhold.

Since losing the title, Weidman has fallen on tough times, interspersing a string of losses to Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and Dominick Reys with two wins over Kelvin Gastelum and Omari Akhmedov.

Uriah Hall, on the other hand, burst into the MMA limelight on The Ultimate Fighter 17. After coming up short to Gastelum in the show’s finale, he began a commendable run through the UFC middleweight division, defeating the likes of Chris Leben, Thiago Santos, Gegard Mousasi, Krzysztof Jotko, Antonio Carlos Junior, and most recently, the former champion Silva, which set him up for the Weidman rematch.