In the co-main event of UFC 194 Chris Weidman suffered the first defeat of his professional career at the hands of Luke Rockhold.
Rockhold seemed to control the fight from the opening bell, and ultimately scored a 4th round TKO win to claim the UFC middleweight championship.
Since then the UFC has announced that the pair will have their rematch at UFC 199 in June.
In the wake of that announcement Chris Weidman revealed that he had a broken foot in the first fight which required surgery.
Jamie Stuart broke the news:
BREAKING: Chris Weidman tells me he fought Rockhold with a broken foot suffered in training camp. Had surgery after. #mma #ufc @news12li
— jamie stuart (@N12jamiestuart) February 5, 2016
Weidman says he doesn't like to make excuses and thought he could beat Rockhold with the bad foot but was wrong. #ufc #mma
— jamie stuart (@N12jamiestuart) February 5, 2016
At 6:50 @ChrisWeidmanUFC shares for the 1st time the injury he suffered PRIOR to his loss to Luke Rockhold. No excuses, tho. @News12LI
advertisement – continue reading below— jamie stuart (@N12jamiestuart) February 5, 2016