Uriah also points out how Weidman was the first man to knock out Anderson, while he was the last one to do so. The coincidences between Hall and Silva do not stop just at the injury, though. That was the first thing I thought about.” All those emotions of when Anderson Silva broke his leg came to surface. When Weidman fell backwards, I was like ‘Oh, god. I’ve done that before, when I broke the leg of a training partner.
I thought it was the noise of the strike, because you get ready for the impact. When he threw the kick, I heard a little snap. As much as I wish him a speedy recovery, I know I owe him a fight in the future, no matter where I am in the rankings. I said earlier that, as a martial artist, it’s hard to accept that. 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.“It was really unfortunate, but at the same time fortunate, because a win is a win. 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.
I’m just doing physical therapy and still working on that.” 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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