Tibal Fractures

Here's some key facts about tibial fractures which occured to the MMA fighter Anderson Silva during the second round of his fight against Chris Weidman in UFC 168 in December 2013,,,,  and then recently happened to Chris Weidman in UFC 261 in April 2021!

 

Tib/Fib fractures are not fun.   

We wish him a very speedy recovery!  He is one of the greatest Mixed Martial Artists ever!

 

UPDATE 04/2021

Ironically, in April 2021 UFC 261, Chris Weidman suffered the same injury as Anderson Silva did almost 8 years later!!!   Crazy!   Here's the gruesome video of Chris Weidman's injury:

 

 

Read about some of the consequences of this injury from  MMA Fighter Corey Hill who had the same injury in 2008.

 

Comments  

#2 dr basu 2016-08-21 16:42
Quoting J:
What does the MC stand for?

MC means most common :-)
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#1 J 2016-08-07 14:35
What does the MC stand for?
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