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Dana White has provided an update on Chris Weidman after the former middleweight champion suffered a nasty leg break at UFC 261.<\/p>\n

Weidman (15-6 MMA) returned to the Octagon this evening for a middleweight bout with Uriah Hall.<\/p>\n

‘The All American’ was looking to build off his recent unanimous decision win over Omari Akhmedov this past August, which has snapped his previous two-fight losing skid.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Uriah Hall (17-9 MMA) had entered tonight’s UFC 261 event<\/a> on a three-fight winning streak, his most recent being a fourth round TKO victory over MMA legend Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n

Dana White and company had the Weidman vs. Hall bout kick off tonight’s UFC 261 pay-per-view main card. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the fight itself lasted just seconds, this after Chris Weidman broke his leg<\/a> with the first low kick that he threw. The bout was immediately waved off due to the horrific injury (check out how the pros reacted here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Official UFC 261 Result: Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall via TKO at :17 of Round 1<\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

The UFC President provided an update on the health of Chris Weidman at the start of tonight’s post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n

“Weidman is stable right now and will have surgery in the morning.”<\/em> – Dana White said.<\/p>\n

While there have been only a handful of broken legs suffered by fighters throwing low kicks in UFC history, Chris Weidman has now been a part of two of them.<\/p>\n

Weidman was on the other end of a leg break at UFC 168, when his opponent Anderson Silva snapped his limb while throwing a leg kick during their highly anticipated rematch in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Do you think we will see Chris Weidman fight again after suffering such a gruesome leg injury at tonight’s UFC 261 event? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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