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Eryk Anders prepares to face former champ Chris Weidman at UFC 309 and will do so with over a year since he stopped abusing drugs.

Chris Weidman hopes to prove he can still hang with the top at UFC 309. Weidman (16-7 MMA, 12-7 UFC) faces Eryk Anders (16-8 MMA, 8-8 UFC) in Saturday's prelims (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The native New Yorker was a major presence during the UFC’s lobbying push to bring professional MMA back to the Empire State in 2016, but he is 0-2 competing at the Garden.