Ahead of UFC 205, Chris Weidman goes Hollywood – on Long Island – with Kevin James

Actor and comedian Kevin James is no stranger to the world of MMA. The Hollywood everyman has long been a UFC fan.

Now he once again will share the screen with a fighter – and a fellow New Yorker.

James’ new sitcom “Kevin Can Wait,” on which he plays a newly retired police officer, will feature former UFC middleweight champion and fellow Long Island resident Chris Weidman. According to The Hollywood Life, in an upcoming episode, Weidman will play a rookie cop who is the new sidekick to James’ ex-partner.

“Kevin Can Wait,” which airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. ET on CBS, films at Gold Coast Studios in Bethpage, N.Y., on Long Island.

Weidman posted a sneak peek of a scene with James on his Instagram feed:

With James filming the new series in New York, he no doubt will be one of the first celebrities expected to be seen when UFC 205 heads to Madison Square Garden for the first time on Nov. 12. Weidman (13-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) starts his quest to get back to a middleweight title shot when he meets Yoel Romero (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) on the pay-per-view main card.

“Kevin Can Wait” is James’ return to the small screen after his long run on the highly popular “The King of Queens,” which aired from 1998-2007. On that show, James once brought in Dan Henderson, Quinton Jackson, Randy Couture and Frank Trigg for a bar fight scene.

After “The King of Queens,” James work has been chiefly on the big screen, including starring roles in the “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” franchise, “Zookeeper” (which featured UFC analyst Joe Rogan), and “Here Comes the Boom,” in which he played a school teacher who becomes an MMA fighter trained by Bas Rutten and Mark DellaGrotte in order to raise money to save his school’s band program (watch that film’s trailer below). Rogan, Mike Goldberg, Bruce Buffer and Herb Dean all had appearances, and Chael Sonnen, Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Krzysztof Soszynski were among fighters facing James’ character.

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