It was barely a month after Chris Weidman said he'd experienced 'the most horrific pain you can imagine,' that the one-time UFC middleweight champion was thinking of returning to the Octagon.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 17: Opponents Chris Weidman and Brad Tavares face off during the UFC 292 press conference at TD Garden on August 17, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. It was barely a month after Chris Weidman said he'd experienced"the most horrific pain you can imagine," that the one-time UFC middleweight champion was thinking of returning to the Octagon.
"In the beginning, I was just worried that I wasn't going to be able to play with my kids," Weidman said."I was thinking that I wasn't going to be able to do the everyday activities we take for granted. I worried that I wouldn't be able to play football with the kids or wrestle around with them. Things like that were just in my head. At first, I wasn't really thinking about fighting.
"Am I going to have the motivation and the passion to push through this long process again?" Weidman said in the video."It's kind of scary, because I don't know." Weidman's recovery gave him a glimpse at a side of life he wasn't ready for: Retirement. He'd been struggling in his MMA career before his injuries. He'd dropped five of his prior seven going into the Hall fight and wasn't his usual dominant self.
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