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“Freak things happen in life and plans get crushed. He never really got to show it too much in the UFC, but he dropped a lot of guys in the gym with leg kicks back in the day.A post shared by Marivi Weidman that was horrible,” she said. He was a vicious leg-kicker back in the day. He was on the heavy bag but he was whipping it. He did throw it in the gym, but he didn't go shin to shin. "It would kill me if he hurt that leg again, but supposedly it's like a bionic leg now. "I'm a little nervous about the leg," Longo said. It's been a long two years of recovering and getting to the point where I'll kick through someone's leg right now. People I know aren't going to check me and I'm throwing leg kicks at them. Next, I started sparring with people that I trust. I started kicking that thing a little harder, a little harder. So I just made sure I kicked," Weidman said. "From Day 1, as soon as I was limping inside the gym, I knew the one thing I was going to be afraid to do was kick. But Weidman only knows one way to overcome what scares him: head on. Weidman certainly contended with fears about his condition. Tatiana Suarez was always touted as a future champion but a career-threatening knee injury was one of several that delayed her ascent to stardom. Former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz lost years of his career due to knee injuries. Leg injuries have permanently ended or seriously impeded the career of many fighters. It's no small feat that Weidman is back on two legs and ready to compete. Screaming, 'Longo! Help me!' He was nowhere to be found. No f-ing way.' And the next thing I know, he disappeared into the bars and was hanging out, having a good old jolly time while I was screaming in pain. "The other guys who were cornering me, asked Longo, 'Are you going into the ambulance?' He said, 'Absolutely not. Longo wanted nothing to do with it," Weidman said. "You would think the head coach would want to go to the hospital with his guy to make sure he's OK. A poignant example of the friendship between Weidman and Longo is their amusing takes on an incident that occurred shortly after Weidman's traumatizing injury. A strong family bond permeates through the relatively small collective that morphs scrappy underdogs into world champs. The Serra-Longo camp is a tight-knit unit that led Weidman to a UFC title. And then Dana comes over to me and goes, 'What are the odds of that?' I don't even know what he's talking about.

'Holy shit, this can't be happening right now' because he looked great going into that fight. And then it was on the way back and then he hit the floor, and I was like. Like he unloaded that thing, and then I was away. "I'm telling you, when he threw that kick, I go, 'Wow. "I was in a state of shock." Weidman's longtime coach Ray Longo told CBS Sports.

Chris weidman leg break uriah hall full#

And every day I just tried to get my leg a little bit stronger, a little bit more healthy and here we are."Ĭheck out the full interview with Chris Weidman below. a lot of focus on each day and winning each day as opposed to being like, 'I need to get into a fight' and being upset that I'm not there yet. Hope and then hope just crashing down," Weidman told CBS Sports. "We've had four surgeries, infections, in and out of hospitals, tons of ups and downs. But his butchered leg was only the first challenge to overcome in a perilous climb to get back to some semblance of normalcy. Weidman's pained expression was heartbreaking. Weidman snapped his fibula and tibia against Uriah Hall in April 2021. Weidman attempts to return from catastrophic injury on Saturday night at UFC 292 in Boston. Another sent him on a two-year road to recovery that was as close to a roller coaster as possible. One leg kick changed Chris Weidman's life for the better.