In April 2021, Chris Weidman suffered arguably the worst injury in UFC history
Over the next two years, Stephania Bell and E60 chronicled his relentless attempt to make it back to the Octagon.
You can catch the full story, streaming now on ESPN+ https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/b530d529-70e5-4d8f-8b06-8e93e8535eaf/chris-weidman-the-return
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This honesty was so shocking when it happened live. Absolutely nuts
Weidman – your lady is a 10
Am I the only one who’s gonna say please retire?
Vaya con dios
Champ forever man
What goes around comes around
Did someone say they looking for the pill man 😂
LEGEND
Chris the crippler Weidman
Insanity the will of the human spirit…especially in true competitors
Still think it’s crazy that it happened to Weidman after blocking Silvas kick. Also/ why is this video so choppy!?
With great Chris comes great Weidman
Weird how this ended, felt sudden. Anyways love this guys persistence just want to see him be real about himself and career, hes had a great one.
Never tell fighters to "Break a leg."
He never was the same after that renato larange interview
Who?????
Nobody cares…
Chris should retire! Poor guy has been through enough
people should understand how serious the consequences of this sport are. to do it as a profession even just a hobby you are lucky if you make it 10 years even five years without a permanent chronic injury that requires surgery or simply becomes something you have to live with. chris is still fighting for money period. the man has a family. its a lot of money for one night. even if he didn't train as much as he should it still beats anything else. former champs stick around to long because they pay is good and they put their entire lifes energy and physical health to get there.
chris is still top notch. he could still beat the champ but he has soooo much working against him now at this point. This sport is incredibly unforgiving. you could argue chris's end came due to a late stoppage vs rockhold before the leg injury even happened or maybe even before then due to the toll of extreme weight cutting on the body. This sport is unforgiving. I have only seen people partially come back from things like this and it was aided and maintained by PED use otherwise i'm not seeing people recover back to old form from these positions.
anderson silva continued to fight and lose and all under the front that he was doing it because he is infinitely passionate about martial arts and challenging himself . I dont buy that. anderson at the top of his run set up an extremely expensive hard to maintain life style for him and his family. If he did not take the fights at the end of his career if he did not fight jake paul as well i think this man would surprisingly be struggling to have solid income and would have had to down grade everything for his family. . so maybe some of it is the passion to compete and be there on the big stage but i think when it really comes down to it its all about milking as much money out of it as you can until the end finally comes.
AND THATS STILL MY BOY !!!!!!!
Bro you’re done not my boy anymore
Chris Weidman has little chance of a comeback… C'mon already.
That whole main card was insane.
No one handled a broken leg better than Conor McGregor!
I wouldn't come back if I was him.
How many returns is this guy going to have with excuses about injuries or terrible performances.
Not sure I understand the UFCs humongous push to bring more eyeballs to his return. He’s an aging fighter who has looked really lackluster in his last 5-10 fights I would argue. Never in the history of humanity gotten better with MORE age
So i disliked him when he dethroned anderson but he's a decent guy hopefully no more injuries, retire early.
Besides Silva playing around and getting knocked out. What has Weidman done since?
Go to bed Chris
That guy is a legend, Champion,inspiration or anything else you want to call him. Will respect him forever. All the best to you and your family Chris!! Hope to shake your hand one day
Needs to retire he will be finished again
How many 'Returns' for the legend Chris Weidman middleweight are a different breed now from the Vitor, silva & rockhold he dominated.. would love to see him pull it off again but the dreams are big for him
Ain’t been the same since that leg injury
What a SAVAGE ❤
Dinosaur who will get smashed
there are no fighter who have two primes ~ Khabib
The return to the losing column . This guys washed up, I lost all respect for him when after his come back fight he tried to say that his opponents kicks to his legs was a “dirty” move 😂 like yea bro let me abandon my game plan because of your injury . 🤡
I don’t think his E60 will let him retire
MATCH HIM UP WITH REYES AGAIN 🤡
I personally have no desire to see this gentleman fight anymore. Retirement always comes, what’s the point of having one more fight. “You’ve got to know when to hold them and when to fold them”.
10 years ago, I lost my best friend to, sadly, a heart attack at the young age of 35. One of his brothers got in contact with Chris from a mutual friend that trained at the gym in Long Island. Chris was so kind to sign a bunch of items to help raise money with a raffle party they did to help his wife and two daughters in a time of need. He did not know anything of the family and still took the time to do it. Money was raised because of him. A total class act person and I am forever grateful of his kind-hearted generosity. Long Island strong, and this man is exactly that
Here we go again…….. Again!
I hope he never fights again…People talk about him getting knocked out at this stage of his career like he is a joke, but I actually remember watching him in his prime, what an animal he was, didnt care about all the steroids his opponents took, he just beat them up anyway, Legend 🎉
And hes still my boy he looked foolish saying it over and again
Chris acted like he got koed why did he cover his face when he when down i dont understand that your face has nothing to do with that
id say out of any of the fighters.. id like to see tony ferguson and chris weidman retire…i think its time….im a huge fan of both but i dont wanna see them get hurt..anymore than they have..
Stay at home you are done !