Chris Weidman, former middleweight champion, recently shared an update on his leg injury during a podcast on Sirius XM. The injury occurred during his unanimous decision loss to Brad Tavares at UFC 292 on Aug. 19, just over two years after Weidman suffered a gruesomely broken right leg in a loss to Uriah Hall at UFC 261 in April 2021.
Injury Update
Weidman revealed the results of his recent tests, saying, “I got MRIs done on my tibia and fibula on both legs, got MRIs on both of my knees, X-rays, and I’ve been waiting for a result – and I got the results back. There was no ligament tears at all. So ACL, LCL, MCL, PCL, all those ‘Ls’ that you do not want to tear because that’s like six months to a year of recovery. The ligaments are good.” He then went on to explain the extent of the injury, which turned out to be a fracture in his left leg.
Recovery Time
Despite the fracture, the recovery time for Weidman is considerably shorter than initially feared. “What did happen to me though, is I have a fracture in my left leg. So he broke my leg with one of those leg kicks. I ended up switching to southpaw and 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,” he explained.
This four-week recovery period is a far better prognosis than the one UFC president Dana White gave after the event, when he speculated that Weidman blew out his knee in the fight while urging the Serra-Longo Fight Team standout to retire. However, Weidman has already stated that he plans to continue with his UFC career despite a rough stretch in which he has lost seven of his last nine appearances.