How funny it will look if this is true. Imho the biggest Weidman achievement was the moment he knocked out Anderson Silva and ended his 16 win streak, got middleweight champs belt. Moreover it was a moment when Silva was winning that fight totally and was making fun of Weidman with taunts, and boom, a left hook. Then it was a quick belt defence against Silva, where Silva broke his leg and his career was basically over. Now Weidman is facing Silva again, but the other Silva It has started with Silva and ended with Silva.
But then again are you trying to say that Weidman is gonna win this fight since he's against a Silva? The event os also gonna be in his home state of New Jersey too. So most of the fans in the arena will be backing him. And the bookies have him at 3.05. So prolly taking a small shot for him wouldn't be that bad. He could rag doll Silva or grind him against the cage for all we know. :/
Sounds like a decent match up as both are on similar level right now and both lost 4 times in their last 5 fights, so are desperate for a win.
I'm not very familiar with Silva, but judging by his record he's pretty aggressive with 20 out of the 23 wins by KO. I don't think it'll be a walk in the park for Weidman, but good to see the UFC still gives him fights and didn't dropped him after that horrible injury.
Silva is a decent striker but he's not really high level as an MMA fighter. It's just two different games. But Weidman is also washed so that prolly evens it out. Lol. He could eek out a win tho.