Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman revealed on his Siriux XM show that he broke his leg during the fight against Brad Tavares at UFC 292.
Weidman said on a clip from his show that he had MRI’s run on both his legs to find the source of the damage, and the results came in.
Dropping a quick excerpt from Monday’s @MMAOnSiriusXM podcast to give everyone an update on my 🦵.
If you want the full story (and all the 🫖), hit that link below and check out the full episode on @SiriusXM!
🎧 https://t.co/OuEwonYM3z pic.twitter.com/TsBqm3tEfK— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) August 30, 2023
“I got MRI’s done on by tibula and fibula on both legs. Got MRI’s on both my knees and x-rays. And I’ve been waiting for results and I got the results back.
There was no ligament tears at all. So ACL, LCL, MCL, PCL, all those L’s that you do not want to tear because that’s like 6 months to a year of recovery. The ligaments are good.
What did happen to me though is I have a fracture on my left leg. He broke my leg with one those leg kicks and I ended up switching south paw, figuring it out, but I’m pretty sure that’s when my leg broke. Fractured it.
It’s on the tibula head. Right below my knee is where it broke. Upper tibia bone is what’s fractured.
Recovery-wise it’s not bad at all. Four weeks. Four-week recovery. That’s it.”
With Weidman saying he won’t retire following his loss at UFC 292 a four-week recovery is welcome news for the former champion.
