There could be heard a collective gasp when Chris Weidman suffered his horrific injury in April 2021.
The moment seemed unreal and incredibly painful to the viewers, and Weidman confirmed it was just as painful as it looked.
“As soon as I broke my leg and I saw it, I go, ‘Holy crap!’ I saw the bones and everything,” Weidman said. “I just remembered Anderson Silva screaming in pain, like someone was murdering him. And I know this is going to suck and here comes – and as soon as I felt the pain kick in I was just begging people ‘Please!'” Weidman said on UFC Unfiltered.
“Now they’re moving my leg around. They’re trying to hold it into place as they get me on a stretcher and all this crap, and the bones are moving around. And the pain – I can’t even explain the pain. The pain was the worst thing I could ever imagine. I kept begging them to give me pain pills: ‘Give me something quick. Put me to sleep. Get me on painkillers. Knock me out. I cannot deal with this.’ This is not meant for human beings to deal with.”
Now two years removed from the graphic injury, Weidman updated fans on the rehab and the road ahead.
“I got a titanium rod through the middle of my shin bone…
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