C. Weidman (photo) is the former UFC champion. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
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Withdrawn from the main fight of UFC 199 due to a hernia in his neck, Chris Weidman You already have in mind the plan defined for your return to active duty. The former middleweight champion said he will undergo surgery soon so that, if everything goes well, he can return to the octagon at UFC 205 in New York.
Weidman would face the weight champion, Luke Rockhold, this Saturday (4), at UFC 199. Despite the severity of the injury, the North American admitted that he was unsure whether he would have the surgery or not, but, to speed up his recovery, he agreed to undergo the procedure.
“[The surgery] will happen soon. I went to some doctors who said I needed to take care of this immediately because the nerve is getting more damaged every second of every day. But there are other doctors who say that if I wait a few more weeks, the pain may go away completely. But it looks like I’m going to have the surgery next week or the next,” he revealed, in an interview with “The MMA Hour” podcast.
According to the fighter, the surgery wouldn't be too complicated, so he could recover adequately to fight in New York. “I could return to training almost immediately. The only problem is that I would have a scar. So, I would have to wait for the scar to improve, and that's it. I could go back to strength training and things like that right away. I think that, in four weeks, I could return to training fully”, he said.
Weidman was one of the main athletes who worked for the legalization of MMA in New York, his hometown. The event at the Madison Square Garden gym takes place on November 12th.
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