{"id":2256,"date":"2018-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/chris-weidman-ray-longo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:52","slug":"chris-weidman-ray-longo","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/chris-weidman-ray-longo\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Performance Podcast: Chris Weidman & Ray Longo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Chris Weidman and Ray Longo were warmly received by the auditorium when they turned up at the 2015 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in New York. At the time, Weidman was the unbeaten reigning UFC middleweight world champion \u2013 his coach Longo\u2019s second UFC champion, following as he did in the footsteps of Matt Serra.<\/h4>\n
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By John Portch<\/h6>\n

Weidman\u2019s fortunes have fluctuated since that afternoon at the Times Center in Manhattan \u2013 a time when the UFC was still outlawed in his and Longo\u2019s native New York. However, what he laid out that day, at the top of his game, was a blueprint for how to handle the moments of often brutal violence and adversity that mixed martial arts can inflict upon its participants. After all, here was a four-time NCAA All-Star Wrestler, hailing from Hofstra, who won nothing at school. Weidman\u2019s mixed martial arts was going to be different: \u201cI decided to be the hard-working guy \u2013 hard work and preparation bred confidence; and I stopped losing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Weidman\u2019s Damascene conversion on the mats of the NCAA, you\u2019ll also hear from him and Longo on:<\/p>\n

-Dealing with the crossroads presented by Hurricane Sandy, which devastated Weidman’s home, in 2012.<\/p>\n

-Longo\u2019s \u2018trifecta\u2019 that leads to the perfect alchemy between a champion and their coach.<\/p>\n

-Weidman\u2019s efforts to prove his doubters wrong; using their barbs as fuel.<\/p>\n

-Why even as UFC world champion Weidman felt he \u2018knew nothing\u2019<\/p>\n

-Handling the balance of process versus outcome when athletes and coaches often live and die by their results.<\/p>\n