Chris Weidman, former UFC middleweight champion, recently reversed his retirement decision announced before UFC 311, joining the Global Fight League. Despite initial thoughts of leaving after injury struggles, Weidman views this opportunity as enticing, especially considering the presence of familiar opponents like Luke Rockhold, Gegard Mousasi, and Uriah Hall. The 40-year-old sees the chance to rekindle old rivalries and generate significant earnings as impossible to pass up, indicating his competitive spirit is still strong after overcoming various career challenges.
I thought maybe I am done fighting. I was kind of open to other opportunities outside of the UFC, but they had to be good.
This is a league where there's a lot of guys that I have a history with... I love to compete and we make a whole lot of money.
We were supposed to rematch a whole bunch of times in UFC, but it never happened. So that would be a fight I'd love to have.
The elephant in the room is I just retired from the UFC. A lot of people thought I was done fighting. I didn't know.
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