Why is Chris Weidman famous? Can he speak Spanish? These are a few of the questions asked by children at Carmen’s Residence, a homeless shelter in the Bronx, before their martial arts lesson with the former UFC middleweight champion from Baldwin. Weidman spoke to the kids through the Garden of Dreams Foundation ahead of his return to the octagon on Aug. 8 against Russian Omari Akhmedov.


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