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Former champion Weidman's right leg snapped
following the first kick of the fight to Hall's leg in the
opening seconds and the 36-year-old was carried out of the arena
on a stretcher before being taken to a hospital in Jacksonville.
Weidman said he had broken both the tibia and fibula of his leg.
He had surgery on Sunday where a titanium rod was inserted into
his tibia.
"It's pretty brutal, but I'm going to get through this," Weidman
said in a video posted on Instagram. "I think it's going to be
eight weeks until I can walk without crutches, drive and all
that.
"As far as training, they said between six and 12 months I'll be
good to go. I'm trying to find the blessing in disguise and the
silver lining.
"As soon as it happened and I hit the floor, saw my leg and the
pain started hitting me I tried to keep my mind on something
positive that will come out of this ... I can't believe it
happened."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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