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Weidman defeated Silva by technical knockout due to injury inside the MGM Grand Garden. Silva, 38, was carried out of the octagon on a stretcher after doctors tended to him for several minutes.

“We knew that in the last fight he hurt me most with the leg kicks so we trained checking them a lot," Weidman said. "The goal is to get your knee up and allow them to make contact with their shin right there. As soon as he hit me with that kick and moved backwards I knew right away. There’s no real excitement in a fight finishing like that because you never want to see anyone get hurt like that."