There goes RJJ vs Silva...HOLY GOD!

[Russian Crushin]

The Injury is not as bad as people think

Ware snapped it with the bone sticking out and everything and was back 6 months later playing. Its a different story for MMA tho

But still, holy ****

[MrRolltide91]

That was ugly

[ButtScratcher^^]

legs; specially that lower thigh, --are used in mma as part of their defense and offense regularly. As it is, it's safe to say only a miracle can make silva go back into this sport again.

[Hougigo]

The Injury is not as bad as people think

Ware snapped it with the bone sticking out and everything and was back 6 months later playing. Its a different story for MMA tho

But still, holy ****

Yea... Also Latimore, who broke his leg in half, healed up, got drafted and is in the NFL now.
Different for Silva though because he's older

[CubanGuyNYC]

Dude that was a nasty injury, I think his leg was snapped in the thigh area, that was a hard tackle, and they had to shave some of Joe's bone off that is why he has that limp his legs are uneven.

Just got this from Wikipedia:

Theismann's career ended on November 18, 1985 when he suffered a comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game telecast. The injury was voted the NFL's "Most Shocking Moment in History" by viewers in an ESPN poll, and the tackle was dubbed "The Hit That No One Who Saw It Can Ever Forget" by The Washington Post.[13]

At the time, the Redskins had been attempting to run a "flea-flicker" play. The Giants' defense, however, was not fooled, and they tried to blitz Theismann. As Taylor pulled Theismann down, Taylor's knee came down and drove straight into Theismann's lower right leg, fracturing both the tibia and the fibula. Giants linebackers Gary Reasons and Harry Carson then joined Taylor in the sack.


"The pain was unbelievable, it snapped like a breadstick. It sounded like two muzzled gunshots off my left shoulder. Pow, pow!" Theisman said during a 2005 interview.[14] "It was at that point, I also found out what a magnificent machine the human body is. Almost immediately, from the knee down, all the feeling was gone in my right leg. The endorphins had kicked in, and I was not in pain."[13]

As Theismann lay on the field, a horrified Taylor frantically screamed and waved for emergency medical technicians. Initially, however, many Redskins personnel thought Taylor's screaming and pointing directed at their sidelines was a taunt over the fact that he had successfully stopped their play. Taylor has said that his animated behavior was largely a claustrophobic reaction to having been trapped at the bottom of the pile that followed his tackle.[15] The Monday Night Football announcer team (composed of Frank Gifford, O. J. Simpson and Joe Namath) inferred from the start that Taylor was calling for help.

While initially only the players on the field could see the extent of the damage to Theismann's leg, the reverse-angle instant replay provided a clearer view of what had actually happened—Theismann's lower leg bones were broken midway between his knee and his ankle, such that his leg from his foot to his mid-shin was lying flat against the ground while the upper part of his shin up to his knee was at a 45-degree angle to the lower part of his leg.

The compound fracture of the tibia led to insufficient bone growth during Theismann's recovery, leaving his right leg shorter than his left. As a result, the injury forced Theismann into retirement at the age of 36. Theismann has never blamed Lawrence Taylor for his injury. This injury was highlighted in the film The Blind Side as the reason that, after the quarterback, one of the highest paid football players is the left tackle, who protects a righthanded quarterback's blind side.[citation needed]

[WESS]

Thank god. Shocking ending but glad a jones jr fight won't happen

[mathed]

The Injury is not as bad as people think

Ware snapped it with the bone sticking out and everything and was back 6 months later playing. Its a different story for MMA tho

But still, holy ****

When you see a man's leg fold in half in a location where there is no joint, that is just bad all around.

[Russian Crushin]

When you see a man's leg fold in half in a location where there is no joint, that is just bad all around.

It is 100X better then an injury happening at a joint.

[hectari]

The UFC shows how bush league they are, Anderson was reported to be screaming in pain, they said it was the most horrendous sound and people were scared. UFC didn't even have any medics onsite to give Anderson pain killers?

This is messed up I feel bad for Anderson, UFC also reportedly forced him to rematch weidman and sign an 8 fight deal. UFC never let him fulfill his child hood dream to box roy jones jr, UFC is a cold blood org.

here is a pic of them taking Anderson on stretcher as he yells in pain.

[hectari]

Just got this from Wikipedia:

Theismann's career ended on November 18, 1985 when he suffered a comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game telecast. The injury was voted the NFL's "Most Shocking Moment in History" by viewers in an ESPN poll, and the tackle was dubbed "The Hit That No One Who Saw It Can Ever Forget" by The Washington Post.[13]

At the time, the Redskins had been attempting to run a "flea-flicker" play. The Giants' defense, however, was not fooled, and they tried to blitz Theismann. As Taylor pulled Theismann down, Taylor's knee came down and drove straight into Theismann's lower right leg, fracturing both the tibia and the fibula. Giants linebackers Gary Reasons and Harry Carson then joined Taylor in the sack.


"The pain was unbelievable, it snapped like a breadstick. It sounded like two muzzled gunshots off my left shoulder. Pow, pow!" Theisman said during a 2005 interview.[14] "It was at that point, I also found out what a magnificent machine the human body is. Almost immediately, from the knee down, all the feeling was gone in my right leg. The endorphins had kicked in, and I was not in pain."[13]

As Theismann lay on the field, a horrified Taylor frantically screamed and waved for emergency medical technicians. Initially, however, many Redskins personnel thought Taylor's screaming and pointing directed at their sidelines was a taunt over the fact that he had successfully stopped their play. Taylor has said that his animated behavior was largely a claustrophobic reaction to having been trapped at the bottom of the pile that followed his tackle.[15] The Monday Night Football announcer team (composed of Frank Gifford, O. J. Simpson and Joe Namath) inferred from the start that Taylor was calling for help.

While initially only the players on the field could see the extent of the damage to Theismann's leg, the reverse-angle instant replay provided a clearer view of what had actually happened—Theismann's lower leg bones were broken midway between his knee and his ankle, such that his leg from his foot to his mid-shin was lying flat against the ground while the upper part of his shin up to his knee was at a 45-degree angle to the lower part of his leg.

The compound fracture of the tibia led to insufficient bone growth during Theismann's recovery, leaving his right leg shorter than his left. As a result, the injury forced Theismann into retirement at the age of 36. Theismann has never blamed Lawrence Taylor for his injury. This injury was highlighted in the film The Blind Side as the reason that, after the quarterback, one of the highest paid football players is the left tackle, who protects a righthanded quarterback's blind side.[citation needed]

oh man, that was brutal just to read, his whole leg was mangled and broken in several different places. I knew about his legs being uneven after the injury but didn't know about the details.

thanks for the info. but man I still cringe remembering that hit. even LT wanted to crawl in a ball after he broke that leg.