Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-18, pretty good fight between Dominick Reyes and Chris Weidman: it gets three stars.The undefeated Dominick Reyes entered this fight with a perfect record of 11-0-0 (73% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). In his last three bouts he has won over Jared Cannonier (Dominick Reyes vs Jared Cannonier), Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Dominick Reyes) and Volkan Oezdemir (Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Mw champion Chris Weidman, has a mma record of 14-4-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 middleweight but he won just one out of his last five bouts, against Kelvin Gastelum in 2017 (Chris Weidman vs Kelvin Gastelum); after this fight he was defeated by Ronaldo Jacare Souza in 2018 (Chris Weidman vs Ronaldo Jacare Souza). Reyes vs Weidman is the main event of UFC on ESPN 6. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman
Date: 2019-10-18
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Division: light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg)
Reyes’ previous fight: Dominick Reyes vs Volkan Oezdemir
Weidman’s previous fight: Chris Weidman vs Ronaldo Jacare Souza
Reyes’ next fight: Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes
Weidman’s next fight: Chris Weidman vs Omari Akhmedov
Reyes vs Weidman Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZODQmM1aU
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIl1t0nM1YU
Rarely you see a guy get really hurt by a hammerfist.
Weidman’s chin will never be the same.
He never saw that punch coming though. That punch would’ve dropped him even when he was at his best.