Because he knew hed win this fight so now his bargaining power... Mans gonna make so much money 
CHRIS WEIDMAN MONEY.
Atleast this paid off for him unlike roy 
Awesome for him!
crazydave -
CHRIS WEIDMAN MONEY.
someone needs to make a new gif
crazydave -
CHRIS WEIDMAN MONEY.
Can't wait to see this meme in gif form.
Mahakala -crazydave -CHRIS WEIDMAN MONEY.
someone needs to make a new gif
YES! With Longo and Serra beside him lol
and Dana will say "Only if you do a rematch which won't happen until we can convince Silva which will end up being sometime in 2015"
Welcome to UFC second choice as champ.
Pay him. Pay that man his money. 
ZombiedKoreanTurnipHead -ThisMahakala -crazydave -CHRIS WEIDMAN MONEY.
someone needs to make a new gifYES! With Longo and Serra beside him lol
AJL19 - His pay was so low, it was the only move to make.
He was offered to renegociate reportidly but postponed it until.after the fight for more power.
Hell of a gamble.
not to be a total sucker for the UFC marketing machine...but Chris seems like a legit good guy who is trying to do the best he can to support his family and community, especially with all the Sandy destruction. Couldn't be happier for him.
Imagine the bonus Dana gave him too. My gawd he's gonna go from 24/24 to probably 90/90-120/120
GodSaveTheReem - not to be a total sucker for the UFC marketing machine...but Chris seems like a legit good guy who is trying to do the best he can to support his family and community, especially with all the Sandy destruction. Couldn't be happier for him.
Chris is absolutely a legit good guy. 100%
People do years of tertiary education and will never make a business decision as good as Weidman's (if true)
AJL19 -Devlin -I respectfully disagree. There was low risk, high reward in waiting until after the fight. The main risk would have been if he was injured prior to the fight.AJL19 - His pay was so low, it was the only move to make.He was offered to renegociate reportidly but postponed it until.after the fight for more power.
Hell of a gamble.
You may well.be right, but it was still a risk.
Chris had his own definition of Anderson Silva money.
does the ufc not still run the champions clause that automatically renews your contract? also, who else could afford to outbid ufc anyway? bellator? for a guy that is an unproven draw?
Imagine if Bellator pay a silly amount of money to take Weidman.
Chris Weidman walks on the set of Fight Master and dumps the belt in the trash can ala Medusa from WWE/WCW days and declares 'Bellator is where the real fighter's fight'
hard to believe the UFC would let anyone fight for the title without a contract