It will take a while to recover, but nobody should call this the end of Chris Weidman’s career yet. Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Chris Weidman shares X-rays of his broken leg

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 4/27/21

Chris Weidman shared some before and after photos of his leg injury on Tuesday.

The 36-year-old suffered a nasty compound fracture when he tried to kick Uriah Hall seconds into their fight at UFC 261 on Saturday ( gruesome video here). He lost the fight via TKO and was taken out of the cage on a stretcher. Weidman was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.

The UFC fighter shared X-rays of his leg on Twitter Tuesday showing what the bones looked like before and after surgery.

Few X-rays pre-surgery and post-surgery pic.twitter.com/7zLrBH4jZt

— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) April 27, 2021

It will take a while to recover, but nobody should call this the end of Weidman’s career yet.

What’s crazy is that the exact same thing that happened to Weidman on Saturday happened in a previous fight of his. In 2013, Weidman won when Anderson Silva’s leg broke in their fight. Silva was able to return to the cage 13 months later. That seems like a reasonable timeline for Weidman to target for a return.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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