Former UFC rivals Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva were scheduled to clash in a boxing match on December 19 on the undercard Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua. But weeks before the event, it was reported that Weidman was forced out of the fight due to injury and was quickly replaced by former UFC champion Tyron Woodley.
Weidman retired from the UFC after losing to Eryk Anders at UFC 310 last December. He was briefly signed to the Global Fight League before the promotion canceled all events indefinitely earlier this year.
As Weidman ponders the future of his combat sports comeback, he revealed a serious injury he suffered during his recent boxing camp forced him to pull out of the Silva fight.
Chris Weidman issues statement on the injury that canceled the Anderson Silva trilogy
In a recent post on InstagramWeidman broke his silence on social media after the Silva trilogy was canceled.
“I didn’t think I could get hurt boxing.” Weidman said.
“It’s so much easier on the body compared to MMA. I tore my biceps tendon throwing a left hook. There goes that tendon. I tried to push through it. I tried to give it some rest. It was 95 percent torn and because there was still a bit of the tendon left, it was just too painful. I couldn’t get through it. I would have been better off if the thing had been completely torn after the inflammation went away from there. It would have been a little bit weaker, but I think I was been able to fight and then undergo the surgery.
“But unfortunately, every time I gave him a rest and tried to train again, I was feeling good in the shadow boxing and stuff, and as soon as I sped up my punches I would get really bad pain and I couldn’t even hold my arm up in defense anymore.” (h/t MMA fighting)
Weidman also made it clear that he still hopes to secure a boxing match in 2026, possibly against Silva. He defeated Silva twice during their UFC career, including in one of the biggest upsets in MMA history at UFC 162.
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