Is this the end of the road for ex-UFC champion Chris Weidman?

Weidman also disclosed the long road he took in his recovery to get back to the UFC. The 39-year-old had 10 surgeries on his right leg that included an additional four surgeries because the initial procedures didn’t go according to plan due to the extensive damage.

A titanium rod was inserted into Weidman’s knee joint that runs down the rest of his leg, which affects not only his stability and mobility but also his ability to throw and check leg kicks plus escape submissions.

“Now I don’t have the muscle in my lower leg like I used to, to protect my knee and to protect my leg,” Weidman continued. “My quad, everything just atrophied. Then I got the nerve issues from the bone popping through the skin like that and the muscle. The muscle, the nerve, there’s just tons of things going on in there. There’s a lot that you’ve got to deal with.”

Weidman has lost four of his last five fights, and a defeat to Silva later this month could prompt UFC president Dana White to encourage Weidman to retire.