{"id":388627,"date":"2021-06-24T06:04:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=388627"},"modified":"2021-06-24T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:08:13","slug":"chris-weidman-admits-that-leg-amputation-still-a-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chris-weidman-admits-that-leg-amputation-still-a-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman admits that leg amputation still a possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman admitted that having a leg amputation is still a possibility as he recovers from his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Weidman broke his leg in a devastating fashion when he threw a low kick that Uriah Hall checked in their middleweight bout at UFC 261, an injury that left &#8220;The All-American&#8221; writhing in pain on the Octagon canvas. It was one of the worst injuries we have ever seen in the UFC, but Weidman has been making an incredibly fast recovery since then as he&#8217;s already gotten back into the gym to do some sparring and even went golfing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/6\/22\/22544872\/chris-weidman-if-i-think-i-can-be-best-in-world-i-can-do-what-i-need-to-do-with-leg-im-going-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, while Weidman says he is feeling better and is optimistic about his future, he also admitted that having his leg amputated is still a possibility.<\/p>\n<p id=\"R2pCF0\">\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of things I\u2019m going to have to deal with. Even taking out that piece of bone that\u2019s floating in there, that\u2019s the most minimal thing I\u2019m thinking about but it\u2019s something. The blood supply coming back to my leg completely is the big thing \u2014 I\u2019m not even worried about it but that would be the biggest issue. That would mean amputation. So let\u2019s just keep praying that I get full blood supply back,&#8221; Weidman said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"scwOJ0\">\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what happened to my thumb. I have a hip bone that\u2019s in this thumb right here because bone did deteriorate and blood supply did not come back after I fought Kelvin Gastelum. The tibia bone is the most likely bone not to take and to have issues getting blood supply coming back after breaking it. I figured I kicked it as hard as I can, and I know I kicks hard, so it\u2019s a very traumatic fracture. That being said, I think I\u2019m good. The doctor said he thinks there is some healing going on in there and there\u2019s some rebuilding of bone, so that\u2019s a very good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We here at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> wish Chris Weidman the best in his recovery from his broken leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman admitted that having a leg amputation is still a possibility as he recovers from his injury. Weidman broke his leg in a devastating fashion when he threw a low kick that Uriah Hall checked in their middleweight bout at UFC 261, an injury that left &#8220;The All-American&#8221; writhing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":383197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10095,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Weidman admits that leg amputation still a possibility | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman admitted that having a leg amputation is still a possibility as he recovers from his injury.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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