Chris Weidman defeated Kelvin GastelumFormer NCAA Division I All-American wrestlers Chris Weidman and Patrick Cummins both came out on top in top-of-the-card bouts at the UFC on FOX 25 event at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. Saturday night.
Weidman, a former middleweight champion, broke a three-fight losing streak at the Long Island event by submitting Kelvin Gastelum in the third round ... while, in a heavyweight match, Cummins earned a split decision over Gian Villante having "snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat with pure heart and tenacity," according to Yahoo! Sports.
Weidman: Hometown Pride
Weidman, a Long Island native who was an All-American at Nassau Community College before earning All-American honors as a Hofstra University Pride wrestler, made the hometown crowd proud with his first win in two years ... and his first victory by submission since 2011.
Weidman used an arm-triangle choke on the eighth-ranked Gastelum at 3:45 in the third round of the bout scheduled for three. Weidman had won the first two rounds according to the live play-by-play reports at Yahoo Sports and Sherdog ... with one exception: towards the end of Round One, Gastelum stepped in with a straight left hand that sent Weidman crashing to the canvas.
Following the win, Weidman said, "If you're going through something, believe in yourself. Screw what people's opinions are."
Then turning his attention to 185-pound champion Michael Bisping, Weidman said, "That British bum crying in his house right now, I'm back baby! I'm back! What's up. I'm the champ and everybody knows it."
With the win, Weidman, 33, is now 14-3 in his professional MMA career, while Gastelum falls to 13-3.
Cummins comes through
Despite looking worse for wear -- including two swollen eyes -- after three rounds of action, Patrick Cummins came through with split decision win over Gian Villante at UFC on FOX 25. Two judges scored it 29-28 for the former Penn State heavyweight NCAA All-American ... while the third gave the same score to Villante.
"Cummins overcame near-disaster and outworked Villante, who faded badly as the fight went into deep waters," according to Yahoo Sports. "After nearly putting Cummins out with a punch and hammerfists in the first, Villante's technique went out the door as he was consistently beaten to the punch."
Cummins now has two straight wins to compile an overall record of 10-4, while Villante drops to 15-9.
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