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By: Drafting
Photo: Douglas P. DeFelice / Getty Images
By: Drafting
The former middleweight champion of the UFC Chris Weidman suffered a horrific injury early in the fight against Uriah Hall. The athlete was carried out of the sand on a stretcher.
Only 17 had elapsed, when Weidman threw a kick in Hall’s leg, and it was just at that moment that he broke in two.
Chris Weidman He has already experienced this, only the injured one at that time was Anderson Silva. Today, Uriah Hall was shocked and showed a lot of respect. # UFC 261 pic .twitter.com / KZy2S0aJ3c
– Javo Contreras (@JavoContM) April 25, 2021
The pain he felt let him see as he remained lying on the canvas. At that point the fight was over and Hall was awarded the victory by technical knockout.
After the fight Hall said: “I have nothing but respect for Chris Weidman. He is truly one of the best. It’s a crazy story, that it was the first man I fought that defeated me. ”
Chris Weidman and the terrible foot injury.
😱In 2013 in the UFC 168 Weidman broke Anderson’s foot Silva after blocking a save.
😵Today 2021 # CFU 261 Weidman breaks his leg after a block from Uriah Hall. # UFC 261 # ufcenvivo # weidman pic.twitter .com / 3FGBfGuSIO
– Jesús May (@May_Jesus 10) 1386154443473768455 April 80, 2021
The player was kind in stating that “I wanted to put in a great performance, but man I feel so bad. I hope you are good. I wish the best for his family. ”