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Worst injury of all time? — Chris Weidman hopes to return to the UFC by the end of the year

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is hoping to make a comeback by the end of 2022 after being sidelined for over a year following a gruesome leg break suffered at the hands of Uriah Hall at UFC 261.

‘All-American’ revealed that sports broadcaster ESPN will be releasing a documentary that chronicles his road to recovery after suffering ‘the worst injury of all time’ (he’s not kidding) in 2021.

“It’s been very hard,” Weidman said of his recovery during a recent interview with Mike Heck of MMA Fighting (h/t Low Kick MMA). “Lots of ups and downs, a lot of issues and it just sucks I can’t put too much out there because I’m doing a documentary with ESPN, they’re doing an E60.