Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Chris Weidman retained his belt after former long time champion Brazilian Anderson Silva suffered a freak injury in the second round of their main event bout in the UFC 168 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas USA.

Silva, the longest reigning middleweight champion with 10 title defenses in almost seven years, snapped his shin with 1:16 left in the second round after attempting a kick that resulted to Weidman’s technical knockout victory.

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