Weidman said in April that he expects his recovery to take up to a year before he’s close to returning to an active schedule. But the way you handled it right afterward with your post - I mean, there weren’t too many things I was looking at, I was in so much pain, but when I saw that from you it really meant a lot to me.” You could’ve killed me and I wouldn’t have even held it against you, but it would’ve hurt.
“That bothers me inside because now, going through what I’m going through, I’m like, the pain that and family had to go through, just the long road that it took to get back, and then being able to speak to you and the way that you handled the situation - you could’ve been a real prick about this situation. And I remember saying at first, ‘No, no, no, I’m not doing that, that’s disrespectful, that’s disrespectful.’ And then as time went on, I was like, ‘Alright, whatever, I’ll do it,’ and then I started taking pictures like that. fans would want me to take pictures with me checking a leg kick and them doing it. “Because one of the things that bothers me a little bit about the situation is that there were times, I remember right afterward doing all these fan meet-and-greets. “I appreciate that but I still have to get it off my chest, because it is - in my mind, it’s almost therapy for me,” Weidman responded. Because when the people judge, don’t understand what happened inside (the cage).” But I want you to understand, don’t say sorry. (You knew) I was feeling pain but not (that) I broke my leg. “Don’t worry about that, because I know everything that happened to you in the moment when I broke my leg, I know you didn’t realize. “It’s (OK),” replied Silva, who fights Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. And to honest, I’ve never even said this out loud but it’s been on my mind really since this happened, but I want to apologize to you.” And I feel terrible now, because now I understand the pain that you went through, all the trials and tribulations that you went through, and it just makes me empathize with you so much more, with those situations. And as time went on, I tried to get in touch with you that week, I felt terrible about it, but as time went on you kind of forget. “I circled around and I remember hearing the screaming, like someone was being murdered, and then I came over and I saw you holding your leg.
And I remember when it happened with you, I didn’t know your leg broke as soon as it happened.
What the hell? There’s no way that’s my leg right now.’ And then all of a sudden the pain’s coming in. Like, my leg looked like Anderson Silva’s leg. “I thought about, ‘This is Anderson Silva. “The first thing that popped into my head when I broke my leg, as soon as I hit the ground - actually as soon as I looked at my leg and I saw it flop around, the first thing that went in my head was, ‘I cannot believe (this).’ Like, I thought about you,” Weidman told Silva. Silva’s legendary career was never the same after that setback, and at age 37, with a 2-6 record over his last eight fights, Weidman’s own future outlook isn’t looking particularly encouraging.īut Silva has been an unlikely source of encouragement for Weidman since his April injury, and on Friday the two former rivals spoke at length on Weidman’s new podcast, “Won’t Back Down,” where Weidman extended a heartfelt apology for the way he reacted to Silva’s injury in 2013 and any perceived lack of empathy he showed Silva in the aftermath. The injury, of course, was eerily reminiscent of the broken leg Silva suffered in his 2013 rematch with Weidman. Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva may have once been fierce UFC rivals, but as their time in combat sports creeps toward an end, their relationship has evolved into something more.Īfter Weidman suffered a horrific leg break in his April bout against Uriah Hall, Silva reached out to the American and offered his support.
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