![]() ![]() John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. Silva, who turns 39 years old in April, has now suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his career after winning 17 straight bouts and setting the record for consecutive UFC middleweight title defenses (10).Īs for Weidman, he will next face off with ex-UFC light heavyweight champ Vitor Belfort at a yet-to-be-determined event in 2014. Surprisingly, initial reports indicate that Silva could resume training in three to six months and potentially make a return to the Octagon if he so chooses, per Bloody Elbow. It was a long, grueling road to recovery for the 38-year-old Weidman, but. ![]() The former UFC middleweight champion was immediately rushed to hospital shortly. It was a fateful night for the former middleweight champion where he broke his leg on a checked kick from Uriah Hall. The former Olympian improved her undefeated record to 8-0 and is still yet to win a bout via any way besides armbar. Weidman (15-6) snapped his leg in shocking fashion against Uriah Hall (17-9) at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida. Rousey competed in the co-main event of the evening, earning both "Submission of the Night" and "Fight of the Night" honors for submitting arch nemesis Miesha Tate with her patented armbar in the third round. The odds of these things happening in this number are nuts.Rousey's camp all had a similar reaction to the unexpected turn of events in the headlining title matchup at UFC 168 on Saturday. He threw it and Uriah Hall checked it and he broke his leg. Anderson Silva threw a kick had he checked it and Anderson broke his leg. That was dark, you know, like see it snap like that and fall over and the bone. Rogan said After watching Weidman’s leg break a couple of weeks ago against Hall. Rogan recalled the fight as he was present on the commentator’s booth when the incident occurred. “The crazy thing is there have only been four leg breaks like that in the history of the UFC and Chris Weidman has been involved in two of them. Joe Rogan was quick to remember the latest tragedy that occurred at UFC 261. “The Chris Weidman one was a freak accident,” Rogan said. Rogan continued by saying that he’s bemused at how Weidman has been involved in two out of the four leg breaks in UFC history. A cast was put on Chris Weidman and he was immediately transported to a hospital on a stretcher. People are getting good at breaking people’s bones.” UFC president Dana White, UFC commentator Joe Rogan and numerous mixed martial arts (MMA) pundits have named Silva as one of the greatest mixed martial artists. The 36-year-olds nasty leg injury was extremely painful and gruesome to watch as even the 15,000 fans in attendance in the arena were left completely shell shocked with the outcome. There’s been a ton of breaks over and over again. As he was unable to defend himself, the result was a heartbreaking second-round TKO loss for the fighter. This slowed Palencia and restricted his movements on the mat. ‘Jacare’ Souza had his arm broken, Chris Weidman got his leg broken. As he was checking an inside low leg kick on Cee Jay, his leg moved somewhat awkwardly and he wobbled while trying to maintain his balance. “There have been so many fights in the UFC and to have all these breaks in a row. “Here’s what’s really crazy,” Rogan said. In the post-fight interview, Joe Rogan asked Hall to share his thoughts on the unexpected outcome of the fight and all the middleweight fighter could say was that he hopes Weidman is going to. Speaking on his ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast (as transcribed by ), Rogan commented on the recent spate of broken bones inside the Octagon. Nearly three years after snapping his leg against Uriah Hall, the former UFC champion faces Brad Tavares at UFC 292, the. Silva suffered a gruesome leg break in 2013, ironically in his rematch with the American. Chris Weidman is hoping to avoid some serious dj vu in his UFC return. Weidman snapped his leg in half while throwing a kick in his UFC 261 bout with Uriah Hall a few months ago. Only three other current and former UFC fighters can relate to the freak injury suffered by McGregor, namely Corey Hill, Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman. The fight was stopped and Poirier was declared the winner by doctor’s stoppage. The former two-division champion was examined by a doctor after he told referee Herb Dean about his injury at the end of the first round. Unaware of what had happened, Poirier jumped on a turtled-up McGregor and landed a barrage of heavy punches until the buzzer. ‘The Notorious’ fractured his tibia and crashed onto the canvas with a few seconds remaining of the first round at UFC 264. Giving his thoughts on Conor McGregor fracturing his tibia in his trilogy with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, Joe Rogan has said that fighters have become good at breaking their opponents’ bones. ![]()
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