UFC women’s strawweight Zhang Weili has suggested Chris Weidman’s horrific broken leg played a part in her championship loss against Rose Namajunas. On the main card of the UFC 261 pay-per-view, which had already seen Jimmy Crute and Anthon…
UFC women’s strawweight Zhang Weili has suggested Chris Weidman’s horrific broken leg played a part in her championship loss against Rose Namajunas. On the main card of the UFC 261 pay-per-view, which had already seen Jimmy Crute and Anthony Smith’s fight end by way of a leg injury, Weidman suffered one of the worst leg […]
Sean Strickland has claimed that he doesn’t have any idea who Chris Weidman is. Strickland has been rising in the UFC’s middleweight division. He recently cracked the top 10 UFC middleweight rankings after defeating Uriah Hall via unanimous…
Sean Strickland has claimed that he doesn’t have any idea who Chris Weidman is. Strickland has been rising in the UFC’s middleweight division. He recently cracked the top 10 UFC middleweight rankings after defeating Uriah Hall via unanimous decision and is now riding a five-fight winning streak. During the UFC Vegas 33 post-fight press conference, […]
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman has shared an update on his recovery following a second successful surgery on his leg. Having returned to the win column in 2020 with a unanimous decision victory over Omari Akhmedov, Weidman had hoped to …
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman has shared an update on his recovery following a second successful surgery on his leg. Having returned to the win column in 2020 with a unanimous decision victory over Omari Akhmedov, Weidman had hoped to jump one step closer to a shot at Israel Adesanya’s 185-pound gold with an […]
Gegard Mousasi is of the belief that former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman should retire. Weidman has seen better days as an active competitor. He has gone 2-6 in his last eight outings. To make matters worse, Weidman suffered a gnarly leg bre…
Gegard Mousasi is of the belief that former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman should retire. Weidman has seen better days as an active competitor. He has gone 2-6 in his last eight outings. To make matters worse, Weidman suffered a gnarly leg break in his most recent bout against Uriah Hall. He will have to […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is just beginning his recovery from a devastating leg break suffered at UFC 261 against Uriah Hall, and he’s already experiencing a step back in the process and says he needs another surgery. Weidman, who suffered a nasty leg injury at UFC 261 just seconds into his fight with […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is just beginning his recovery from a devastating leg break suffered at UFC 261 against Uriah Hall, and he’s already experiencing a step back in the process and says he needs another surgery.
Weidman, who suffered a nasty leg injury at UFC 261 just seconds into his fight with Hall, revealed that the bones in his recovering leg aren’t healing properly and he’ll need to go under the knife once again for follow-up surgery to correct the challenges he’s faced in recent weeks.
In a recent interview with MMA Today on SiriusXM, Weidman went into detail as to what his recovery has been like and the recent setbacks he’s faced on the road back to the UFC octagon.
“I’m actually getting another surgery – I just found out,” Weidman said. “I’m getting another surgery most likely on Aug. 11. They’re going to have to plate the fibula bone because it’s considered a non-union, so the bones aren’t healing the way it’s supposed to, which kind of sucks.”
“At the end of the day, I guess my mindset is: I’m just a positive person, to begin with. Not that I don’t have moments of negativity and laziness and lack of motivation, but I’m usually a glass-half-full type of person. I think that helps.”
Weidman’s upcoming follow-up surgery will be the 25th of his life, as he revealed during the interview on SiriusXM. The 37-year-old has lost three of his last four fights and was widely expected to make a return sometime next year, but those plans could be thwarted by this recent development.
Last month, Weidman was beginning to train again just months after his original surgery, albeit doing low-impact training with his team. It’s unclear what the cause of the setback is.
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Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman, will need to undergo a second surgery on his leg. Weidman suffered a grotesque leg injury on the main card of UFC 261 back in April. Weidman threw a leg kick at his opponent, Uriah Hall. UFC color commen…
Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman, will need to undergo a second surgery on his leg. Weidman suffered a grotesque leg injury on the main card of UFC 261 back in April. Weidman threw a leg kick at his opponent, Uriah Hall. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan heard a loud sound when the shin made […]