If this was Hollywood Insider or TMZ (or even FOX News and CNN as of late) we'd be here talking about 'who is ****ing who'. Well we aren't about that life around here and we'd rather talk about 'who is ducking who'. After last night's UFC Tonight appearance, Chris Weidman suddenly found himself in the middle of a barrage of ducking accusations from MMA forum keyboard wielding warriors. Weidman made a comment on the show about not taking a couple of fights from "people challenging him, like Vitor Belfort" and the MMA community jumped on it and ran with it like Usain Bolt running from a mob of Olympic athlete groupies.

Well it appears that his words were taken a little out of context and now Weidman wants to clarify his UFC tonight statements with this written statement he posted on mma.tv just a little while ago:

"Whatsup guys! Appreciate all the support. Just wanted to make it clear what happened here. The week after my last fight Belfort and a bunch of guys called me out. No fight was offered to me from the UFC. So no fight was turned down. From my understanding the UFC told Belfort the fight wasn't gonna happen with me and him so he took the fight with Belcher. At the same time my management and I were waiting for the UFC to find out when Anderson wanted to fight next. If it was in a couple of months then I was a possible opponent. A couple of weeks after Belfort already accepted the fight with Belcher, the UFC announced that Anderson wasn't fighting until 2013. Had I known that from the beginning I would've jumped on the fight against Belfort. I think he's a great fighter and it would've been great for my career. Thanks, Chris Weidman"

So what Weidman is saying is he never ducked a fight with Vitor Belfort because there was never a fight offered to him by the UFC with Belfort so he couldn't duck the Belfort fight since it never was an official fight. There you have it-it's not ducking until it's officially ducking, or something.

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-5 # Sherko 2012-08-22 09:44

So even if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it's not a duck?
This defies all logic.

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0 # Guest 2012-08-23 15:33

haha its a duck. I think he thought he is the #1 contender.*look s like a duck and sounds like a duck*

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+10 # Guest 2012-08-22 09:47

GSP will probably win a decision and go on to fight Silva next.

Weidman vs. Winner of Bisping/Stann for Middleweight Number 1 Contender.

P.S. Belfort vs. Belcher is going to be insane!

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+8 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-08-22 10:12

I think Vitor honestly thinks he should get the next title shot at 185, which is hilarious.

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-22 10:21

so when Chael won two fights after losing to Silva, one by the skin on his teeth... thats enough to earn a title shot... but when Vitor finishes two opponents in the first round thats a hilarious assumption? Expound.

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+3 # io31 2012-08-22 11:18

Yes it is. Considering who they fought.

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+6 # Guest 2012-08-22 11:52

i would say the same thing with cain velasquez

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-22 10:30

Chris has got it so in his head that his win over fat munoz makes him the unquestionable #1 contender when its so clear that the waters are still supper murky. He sunk his own ship here, by being so stubborn when it was becoming obvious they weren't about to hand him the shot, he missed out on a very possible #1 contender shot and one that would have catapulted his marketability if he came out on top.... fucking Long Island.

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-1 # Guest 2012-08-22 10:41

He should go up to 205, fight Chael.

205 needs some more young guys besides Jones and Gustaffson. But then, I guess the same can be said for 185.

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+1 # Guest 2012-08-22 10:55

He is going to have to fight again because once GSP lays on Condit for five rounds and wins by UD him and Silva will have a super fight next, so he is not going to fight for the UFC MW title till this time next summer, so unless he wants to go stale he will have to fight at least one more time IMO

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-5 # Guest 2012-08-22 11:20

WHY IS MANNIE PAQUIA DUCKING CHIR SWEIDMAN!?

THAS BOOTY.

HE DA GREATEST, MANE.

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+2 # Guest 2012-08-22 13:27

Get the fuck out.

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-2 # Guest 2012-08-22 14:03

Your mom said I could stay here for as long as I want.

Deal with it, step son.

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+1 # Guest 2012-08-22 21:51

so you thought that was pretty cool when you typed it?

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0 # Guest 2012-08-23 11:14

As cool as a Dick Niaz tag, ma'am.

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0 # Guest 2012-08-22 16:58

Vitor is a beast, and my favorite fighter, but even a KO win over Belcher he doesn't deserve #1 title contender spot. Realistically Vitor vs Anderson will most likely never happen again, as much as I want it to, he had his chance, the sad thing was that he was on the shelf for a year and a half with injuries before the fight happened. He was rusty as fuck.

Win or lose vs Belcher he's fighting Wanderlei next... Even if he KO's both opponents it's tough to put him against Anderson, he'd have to beat Chael, Bisping, Munoz, or Weidman in devastating fashion to get that shot.

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