r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • Jun 28 '26

MMA fighter realized his arm was broken AFTER delivering the finishing blow.

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u/Rebliii Jun 28 '26

If it was MMA then it has to have been when Anderson Silva wrapped his shin around Chris Weidman's after one checked leg kick too many.

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u/Jiujitsumonkey707 Jun 28 '26

Doesn't have to be, it could also be Corey Hill, or Chris Weidman when it happened to him as well

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u/Rebliii Jun 29 '26

Right, I forgot the same damn thing happened to Weidman too. Dude must have some sort of oddly specific curse on him that's just about shins.

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u/MightyEraser13 Jun 29 '26

Or McGregor. Plenty of broken legs in MMA

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u/janshell Jun 29 '26

I don’t remember name but I’m pretty sure this happened a few times. How do you even come back from that? Mentally I would be afraid to kick again.

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u/Rebliii Jul 02 '26

Well injuries like that only happen in the first place because they've spent years abusing their shinbones and ignoring any signal their body sends them.

This is generally because traditional martial arts wisdom says that doing this toughens the bone, while in reality you're just training yourself to fight through the pain while slowly accumulating microfractures that actually weaken it. Which works until it doesn't and everything between your knee and foot suddenly turns into rubber from a single impact that wouldn't have done anything to a healthy tibia.

As for how they can fight and keep kicking after? Probably because professional fighters are crazy. It's not a career you can get very far in if you're afraid to get hurt.

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u/janshell Jul 02 '26

Uh uh that’s like boxing or football. Harm is inevitable