STRONG IMAGE: Chris Weidman breaks his leg with the same blow that injured Anderson Silva

Weidman (photo) brutally breaks his leg in UFC 261. Photo: Reproduction / Twitter ESPN

Fate played a trick on Chris Weidman No. UFC 261, held this Saturday (24), in Fort Lauderdale (USA). The North American, who won the UFC middleweight belt by defending a kick from Anderson Silva and breaking the Brazilian's leg in 2013, he suffered the same injury in the fight against Uriah Hall (see video below).

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In the first seconds of the fight, Weidman kicked Hall's base, but the fighter of Jamaican descent made the correct save. At that moment, Chris's shin turned and the fighter fell into the octagon screaming in pain (see the video below).

Injury resembles that of Anderson Silva against Weidman himself

The injury suffered by Chris Weidman remembered, and a lot, the fracture of Anderson Silva against the North American himself at UFC 168, in December 2013. In the rematch between them, valid for the middleweight belt, Spider kicked the North American's base, which he defended with his shin. At that moment, Anderson's leg turned and he fell in a lot of pain (remember in the video below).

STRONG IMAGE ON VIDEO: Weidman suffers leg injury like the one he caused to Anderson Silva

Chris Weidman broke his leg… #UFC261 pic.twitter.com/SKShDA6Ttj

— Muhammedito (@GaIatasarayX) April 25, 2021

Remember the injury suffered by Anderson Silva against Chris Weidman, at UFC 168, in 2013

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