Chris Weidman suffered a fight-ending injury Saturday in Florida.Uriah Hall became the firstUFC fighter to win a bout without throwing a single strike.- Watch the 17-second bout right here (WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO).
American fighter Chris Weidman was rushed to hospital after shattering his leg 17 seconds into a UFC fight Saturday at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
It happened so quickly Weidman's opponent Uriah Hall hadn't actually done anything in the bout before being confirmed as the winner - Hall didn't attempt a takedown or throw a single shot.
Weidman lost the fight because a low kick of his was checked (blocked) by Hall's shin. When Weidman stood back on his leg, it buckled under the pressure, and it was clear he'd shattered his limb.
The 36-year-old then collapsed in agony, unable to continue.
The UFC boss Dana White shared footage of the gruesome injury on his Twitter account.
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO.
-danawhite (@danawhite) April 25, 2021
Medical personnel rushed into the Octagon to treat Weidman, who was then stretched out of the arena and taken to a local hospital.
See video of him leaving the arena right here:
-UFC (@ufc) April 25, 2021
"It's unfortunate, I'm sure he had to prepare himself to get out, but it's one of those where you just didn't see it come, so you take it and move forward," said Hall in a statement sent to Insider after his win.
He continued: "Obviously, I got the win on paper. Whoever the UFC is going to line up, my goal is the same, I'm trying to become champ and we gotta play the game.
"I'm in the rank, top nine right now, I don't know where I go after this, maybe eight, the goal is just to get to Izzy [Adesanya, UFC champion]. However it plays out, we'll be ready."
Hall - the first UFC fighter to win a bout without throwing a single strike - advanced his pro-MMA record to 17 wins (13 knockouts, one submission, and three decisions) against nine losses.