![]() It is entirely unclear what the future will hold for Silva, including when or whether he might return to the octagon. UFC president Dana White said in the post-fight news conference that Silva was set to undergo surgery for the break that night. Silva (33-6) is 38 years old and probably faces a very long rehabilitation after the leg fracture. Silva's break certainly ranks alongside Joe Theismann's famous broken leg in terms of sheer nastiness, and joins Louisville guard Kevin Ware on the unfortunate short list of worst sports injuries of 2013.Īs for MMA, Silva's injury closely mirrors the one suffered by former UFC lightweight Corey Hill, who suffered a severe leg fracture in 2008 when his opponent checked his leg kick much as Weidman checked Silva's Saturday night.Īs for Silva and UFC 168, it was a graphic, strange and sad outcome for the fight, which was hotly anticipated from the moment it was scheduled shortly after Weidman upset Silva back in July to become the first UFC middleweight other than Silva to hold the belt in seven years. The fracture immediately evoked other grisly leg injuries, both in and out of mixed martial arts. Silva immediately hit the mat, screaming in pain, and was subsequently carried from the cage on a stretcher. When Silva's shin hit Weidman's knee, Silva's leg immediately fractured at a nauseating angle. Silva threw an unremarkable leg kick, and Weidman raised his own leg to block it. I cannot deal with this.’ This is not meant for human beings to deal with.”īe sure to visit the MMA Junkie Instagram page and YouTube channel to discuss this and more content with fans of mixed martial arts.That all changed early in the second round, however. I kept begging them to give me pain pills: ‘Give me something quick. The pain was the worst thing I could ever imagine. And the pain – I can’t even explain the pain. ![]() They’re trying to hold it into place as they get me on a stretcher and all this crap, and the bones are moving around. And I know this is going to suck and here comes – and as soon as I felt the pain kick in I was just begging people ‘Please!’ “I just remembered Anderson Silva screaming in pain, like someone was murdering him. “As soon as I broke my leg and I saw it, I go, ‘Holy crap!’ I saw the bones and everything,” Weidman said. He recalls the horrific night, and all he could think of was when Anderson Silva was lying on the ground when he broke his leg in their title-fight rematch at UFC 168. ![]() Recovering from his own leg break, Chris Weidman offers heartfelt apology to Anderson Silvaįor Weidman, going through this painful experience has him intent on defying the odds in a comeback. I got down to 210 for this grappling event and my weight’s not flying back up again, so I’ll be good. Sometime around that time period, I’ll be good to go (at) 185. “I was saying June, but I’m thinking maybe International Fight Week. “I think in the summer – sometime in the summer,” Weidman said. The 38-year-old got his first taste of action since his injury when he lost a decision to Owen Livesey in a grappling match at Polaris 23 earlier this month and is eyeing a summer octagon comeback. Weidman will return to his original weight class and doesn’t see himself having any issues making the middleweight mark. The former UFC champion is taking the proverbial baby steps as he undergoes physical therapy for the surgery. I’m just doing physical therapy and still working on that.” A month after suffering a gruesome leg break, Chris Weidman is starting to walk again. But they’re saying that is just based on the quad and the calf need to get a little bit stronger still. When I’m up on my toes and stuff like that and I start bouncing, I get like a little pain on the shin and stuff. But you know what? My goal is to kick as hard as I possibly can, so maybe it does happen. ![]() ![]() A compound fracture is not going to be happening. For me to break my bone and then through the rod, I don’t think that’s going to happen. “I got a titanium rod through the middle of my shin bone – right through the whole (bone), from the top of my knee all the way down to the low part of my ankle to the bottom of the tibia,” Weidman said on UFC Unfiltered. He since has gone through a grueling process to get back on his feet, and the former UFC middleweight champion is comfortable to start kicking in fights again soon. He was stretchered out and quickly underwent emergency surgery. Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) snapped his right leg on the first kick he threw against Uriah Hall at UFC 261. Chris Weidman is ready to return after enduring a horrific leg break in April 2021. ![]()
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