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[Airbus Jr]

I dont who he is but its very brutal...

Wishing him speedy recovery...but i wonder if his leg can back to normal..i dont know..dear god..thats horible...

 

[HoodWinked]

Ya the worst is when they go back to plant the noodle foot. I'm kind of glad it cuts out.

This also happened to the greatest UFC fighter Anderson Silva

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Clear]

This also happened to the greatest UFC fighter Anderson Silva

Anderson broke his leg fighting Chris Weidman, the guy who's leg snaps in this video. The irony is unreal, and the connections run deeper than that too.

 

[West Texas CEO]

and the connections run deeper than that too.

Soul ties.

 

[mekes]

Here is the Anderson Silva one which imo was much harder to watch

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Jesus. Brutal.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Facebook sdk disabled in my browser for good reason.

What's the fighter's name, so I can search?

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Dammit. Is the knee bone really that hard?

 

[ManaByte]

Sid Vicious' was bad too:

 

[cormack12]

 

[Mistershine.]

 

[black_13]

I know it looks really bad but the shin is relatively easy to put back together compared to ankle or the foot cause alot more bones and nerve endings. The shin is only like 2 bones. Still sucks tho.

 

[T8SC]

 

[Richard Cranium]

I know it looks really bad but the shin is relatively easy to put back together compared to ankle or the foot cause alot more bones and nerve endings. The shin is only like 2 bones. Still sucks tho.

I wouldn’t say it’s easier than an ankle and I’d much rather break my ankle than my tibia. I can usually fix a standard ankle in under an hour and get you walking in a couple of weeks. These types of tibia fractures usually involve entering the knee, which I’ve always hated doing in a young person.

 

[mxbison]

Dammit. Is the knee bone really that hard?

Yeah, that's pretty much the exact spot you're not supposed to kick.

 

[haxan7]

Is Joe Rogan using cocaine now?

 

[carlosrox]

OP should mention that this fighter was on the opposite end of this exact same thing with another fighter.

Look up Chris Weidman vs Anderson Silva. Fuck it, here's the first one.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Sid Vicious' was bad too:

damn, you can read his lips at the end saying, "oh fuck.."

 

[Bo_Hazem]

That's the nasty nature of the competition. UFC/MMA is truly brutal.

 

[cormack12]

If I had legs made of biscuits I wouldn't be a UFC fighter tbh

 

[mansoor1980]

Sid Vicious' was bad too:

 

[Clear]

The weird part is that nasty as this sort of injury is, its likely less of a career ender than several other, more common, injuries in MMA. Basically a leg break is a long time out and no doubt a lot of painful rehab, but once its pinned and plated the leg should be good as new.

Eye injuries from accidental pokes on the other hand can be permanently damaging, and stuff like ACL/MCL tears while recoverable often seem to recur and result in the fighter losing mobility long-term.

I think Chael Sonnen when commenting on this accident had a good point in saying that although Chris and Anderson both injured themselves similarly, Chris should have a better prognosis as a fighter due to his wrestling base compared to Anderson's in kick-boxing.

 

[GymWolf]

Is Joe Rogan using cocaine now?

Now??