UFC 261 with Chris Weidman facing Uriah Hall was hyped up for a long time. Unfortunately, Weidman suffered a gruesome leg injury during the fight and had to be stretchered off. Many stars and athletes poured out their support for Weidman, including Conor McGregor, who issued his support after the scary injury.

Just 17 seconds into the fight, it was over. That's never want you want to see, and the chilling injury to Weidman hit the sports world with sadness. While that was the big moment of the evening- for unfortunate reasons- one fight before that had to be ended prematurely due to a doctor's stoppage.

Still, the biggest story of the night was the fight between Hall and Weidman, and not for good reasons. The first kick Weidman attempted resulted in the injury, and Hall was also shaken up after and offered support for his opponent.

The UFC world and fighting community poured out their support as well, which is expected after an injury of that magnitude on that big of a stage. As for McGregor, he said it could have been caused by many different things, one being wear and tear.

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Regardless, the Weidman and Hall fight will be remembered for an unfortunate reason. He left the arena on a stretcher and it was tough to watch for everybody. The leg snapped back and the gruesome injury had everybody cringing and holding back teams.

As Conor McGregor and many others said, here's to a quick and speedy recovery for Weidman and the hope is that he can be back in the ring before we know it.