{"id":79924,"date":"2013-12-30T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=79924"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:20:16","slug":"report-anderson-silva-apparently-out-of-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/report-anderson-silva-apparently-out-of-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Anderson Silva apparently out of the hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78958\" title=\"Anderson Silva PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Anderson-Silva-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAccording to a report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2013\/12\/29\/5255120\/anderson-silva-expected-to-be-released-from-hospital-sunday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson &#8220;The Spider&#8221; Silva was expected to be released from hospital on Sunday evening, this after undergoing a successful surgery, to repair a broken bone in his left leg.<\/p>\n<p>The horrific injury took place early in the second round of \u201cThe Spider&#8217;s\u201d\u00a0UFC 168 main event rematch against\u00a0rating middleweight champion, Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAll American\u201d checked a leg-kick thrown by Silva, something he had failed\u00a0\u00a0to do in their initial meeting, causing Silva&#8217;s shin to snap and almost wrap itself around Weidman&#8217;s leg in the process. (<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photos-anderson-silvas-broken-leg-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See photo&#8217;s here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>According to one of Silva&#8217;s managers, Jorge Guimaraes, Anderson was transferred to a Las Vegas hotel Sunday evening where he is expected to stay &#8220;a day or two.&#8221; The former UFC champion will then return to his home in Los Angeles, as he told Ariel Helwani:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s fine,&#8221;<\/em> Guimaraes said when asked how Silva was doing. <em>&#8220;Just sad and in pain.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0The UFC also later confirmed via a press release, that Silva underwent successful surgery after the fight:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The successful surgery, performed by Dr. Steven Sanders, the UFC&#8217;s orthopedic surgeon, inserted an intramedullary rod into Anderson&#8217;s left tibia,&#8221; <\/em>the statement read.<em> &#8220;The broken fibula was stabilized and does not require a separate surgery.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Guimaraes\u00a0also stated that\u00a0it was too early to speculate what this injury means for Silva&#8217;s fighting future.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva tweeted the following message to his fans on Sunday morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Brasil, I\u2019m sorry, I didn\u2019t want to let you down. 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