promotionvef.blogg.se

Weidman’s leg looked eerily similar as everyone in the arena and at home immediately knew how awful the injury was as it happened live. He returned to the UFC and fought for another four years, winning just once before retiring following a knockout loss to Hall in October 2020. Silva, who fractured both his fibula and tibia at UFC 168 in December 2013, spent more than two years away recovering and rehabilitating following the injury. Instead, he’ll look to make a recovery similar to Silva, with what he hopes are different results. After snapping a two-fight losing streak with a win over Omari Akhedov in August, Weidman was on a journey back into title contention with his eyes on Israel Adesanya’s crown. More than a decade after their first fight, Weidman and Hall’s showdown was one of the most compelling bouts in the middleweight division. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, that's on you.īe sure to visit the MMA Junkie Instagram page and YouTube channel to discuss this and more content with fans of mixed martial arts.Seven years after Anderson Silva snapped his leg against Chris Weidman, the latter was the victim of the same gruesome, unfortunate injury just seconds into his UFC 261 fight against Uriah Hall.

The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie's blog space. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, expect to have the previous sentence repeated in ALL CAPS. We don’t take it overly serious, and neither should you. The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie’s blog space. Now that they have both experienced the same injuries, their bond has grown even more. This was a very cool, emotional moment between former foes who shared the cage for a pair of title fights. You know I feel pain, but not broke my leg,” Silva said. “In the moment when I broke my leg, I know you didn’t realize. Silva appreciated the gesture but assured Weidman that an apology was not necessary. “I’ve never even said this out loud, but it’s been on my mind really since it happened, but I want to apologize to you,” Weidman stated. Weidman has been regularly documenting his road to recovery on Instagram, including detailing his daily struggles with simple activities and physical therapy sessions. “I feel terrible about it now because now I understand all the pain you went through, all the trials and tribulations you went through, and it just makes me empathize with you so much more,” Weidman explained. Silva’s screams after his leg break could be heard throughout the arena and they were indeed horrifying. I circled around and I remembered hearing the screaming like someone was being murdered.” “I didn’t know your leg broke as soon as it happened,” Weidman said.

Weidman took the opportunity to apologize for how he reacted to Silva’s break and for doing things like taking pictures with fans who asked him to pose as if he were checking a leg kick. I’m so thankful I got to finally do that.

I’ve been wanting to apologize to for quite some time. “Really, the first thing that popped into my head when I broke my leg, as soon as I hit the ground – actually as soon as I looked at my leg and I see it flop around, the first thing that went in my head was, ‘I can’t believe…’ Like, I thought about you.” “I gotta be honest, it’s just crazy how this happened to both of us,” Weidman said to Silva. Weidman suffered a snapped leg in his fight against Uriah Hall after a checked kick at UFC 261, which was an eerily similar scene to when he checked Silva’s kick at UFC 168 that also resulted in a nasty leg break. The injury occurred after he had a low leg kick checked by Uriah Hall. The first episode of Weidman’s new show “Won’t Back Down” featured the man he shared the cage with for two UFC title fights, and now brother in gruesome leg injury, former UFC middleweight champion Silva. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman suffered a nasty leg break at UFC 261. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman finally got some things off his chest to his former opponent Anderson Silva.