Chris Weidman's 'sexy' Reebok ad gets full endorsement from Paige VanZant

Reebok-endorsed athletes who play together, stay together, apparently.

Since Paige VanZant released (then deleted) a self-made social media advertisement to promote Reebok’s new “Black and White collection,” the reaction from fellow fighters has been largely negative.

Some poked fun at VanZant (7-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) over Twitter. ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren went as far as to outright mock the UFC strawweight contender by releasing his own version of the video.

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman did a little bit of both, but in much more lighthearted a fashion. Weidman (13-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC), who is also sponsored with a personal Reebok endorsement, released his own imitation of VanZant’s ad today, and “12 Gauge” loved it.

@chrisweidmanufc knows how sexy the new @Reebok line makes you feel?? If you wanna feel this sexy do what we said, click the link in our bios ????

A post shared by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzantufc) on May 4, 2017 at 11:54am PDT

VanZant, an honorable mention in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA strawweight rankings, hadn’t commented on the controversial video since removing it from her social media platforms. If her response to Weidman’s post is any indication of her attitude, though, it’s clear she’s not being weighed down by the negativity.

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