OMG! In the second round, Silva threw a leg kick. Weidman checked the kick, and Silva immediately fell to the canvas — with his leg badly broken in one of the most gruesome injuries in mixed martial arts history.
The middleweight title bout was the main event of UFC 168.
Weidman threw an early front kick to the body, and 30 seconds in he shot for a single-leg takedown and landed it. He pushed Silva to the fence after the challenger returned to his feet, and there, he ate a knee. But as they clinched up and started to break, Weidman landed a punch that hurt the Brazilian.
Silva went to the canvas, and Weidman landed heavy hands up top as referee Herb Dean looked in closely. Silva survived the early storm but had to work off his back in guard as Weidman tried to work ground-and-pound. Several elbows landed for the champ with two minutes left, while Silva tried to return fire from his back as Weidman postured up.
