When Chris Weidman crashed to the mat in the first round of his bout against Uriah Hall, it seemed reasonable to fear that his long MMA career could be over. Weidman shattered his lower leg on a early, checked low kick against Hall, breaking both the Tibia and Fibula in eerily similar fashion to the leg break Anderson Silva suffered against the ‘All American’ back in 2013.
Just a few weeks later, however, and it seemed like Weidman was well on course to make a shockingly quick return to action. The longtime Serra-Longo talent posted a quick video of some light sparring work back in mid-June, only 54-days after breaking his leg at UFC 261—and less than a month after posting a video to YouTube where Weidman said he was probably 6-12 months away from training again.