UFC star Chris Weidman has shown the extent of his horror leg injury by posting X-rays of his snapped bone. The former champion suffered the injury after just 17 seconds of his fight against Uriah Hall at UFC 261 last weekend.
Weidman suffered the injury with his first kick of the fight and immediately dropped to the canvas and was then taken out of the Octagon on a stretcher.
He has now posted before and after pictures having successfully undergone surgery with pins installed to keep his bone straight.
The fighter hopes to return to action within a year but there are fears he may never compete again. "Surgery was successful," Weidman said following surgery. "They put a titanium rod through the tibia - so they go through the knee, and they
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