The Serra-Longo camp is a tight-knit unit that led Weidman to a UFC title. And then Dana comes over to me and goes, 'What are the odds of that?' I don't even know what he's talking about. ![]() 'Holy shit, this can't be happening right now' because he looked great going into that fight. And then it was on the way back and then he hit the floor, and I was like. Like he unloaded that thing, and then I was away. "I'm telling you, when he threw that kick, I go, 'Wow. ![]() "I was in a state of shock." Weidman's longtime coach Ray Longo told CBS Sports. And every day I just tried to get my leg a little bit stronger, a little bit more healthy and here we are."Ĭheck out the full interview with Chris Weidman below. a lot of focus on each day and winning each day as opposed to being like, 'I need to get into a fight' and being upset that I'm not there yet. Hope and then hope just crashing down," Weidman told CBS Sports. "We've had four surgeries, infections, in and out of hospitals, tons of ups and downs. But his butchered leg was only the first challenge to overcome in a perilous climb to get back to some semblance of normalcy. Weidman's pained expression was heartbreaking. Weidman snapped his fibula and tibia against Uriah Hall in April 2021. Weidman attempts to return from catastrophic injury on Saturday night at UFC 292 in Boston. Another sent him on a two-year road to recovery that was as close to a roller coaster as possible. Gallery Uriah Hall def.One leg kick changed Chris Weidman's life for the better. Na Liang via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:28 Kevin Natividad via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:50 Tristan Connelly via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Karl Roberson via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 4:55 Alex Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:50 Jimmy Crute via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00 Chris Weidman via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 0:17 Up-to-the-minute UFC 261 results include: The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+. The event was the UFC’s first in front of fans since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() UFC 261 took place Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. … I wanted to put on a great performance. It is a crazy story that he was the first man I fought that defeated me, that introduced me to fear. “I’ve got nothing but respect for Chris Weidman,” Hall told Joe Rogan after the fight. The first fighter in history to win without a single strike thrown #UFC261 /zxyu5XhYu3 Prayers up for Chris Weidman, who stretchered out of the arena after that nasty leg injury. During replays shown in the arena, the reported 15,000 fans in attendance let out seemingly unanimous groans. Weidman’s left leg was put into a compression boot and he was taken from the cage on a stretcher. The injury kept Silva out for more than a year and is known as one of the most gruesome injuries in the sport’s history. ![]() The only real difference between the Silva kick that Weidman checked, and the Weidman kick that Hall checked more than seven years later was left leg vs. In December 2013, in his first defense of the UFC middleweight title against Silva, whom he beat for the belt earlier that year, Weidman checked a Silva kick and snapped Silva’s leg. The fight was stopped immediately just 17 seconds in. Weidman then stepped on the leg and went down. When he did, Weidman’s lower right leg folded like it was made of rubber. The first kick Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) threw, with his right leg, Hall (17-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) lifted his left leg to check it. In perhaps the most horrifically ironic result in MMA history, Chris Weidman snapped his leg throwing a kick against Uriah Hall – the same way he beat Anderson Silva nearly eight years ago.
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