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Silva starting to roll on surgically-repaired leg

Last week Anderson Silva posted a video of himself walking unassisted and his manager posted a video of him pads. Today’s video features him starting jiu-jitsu.

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Chris Palmquist
March 3, 2014 · 1 min read
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It was roughly eight weeks ago that Anderson Silva broke his leg at UFC 168 when Chris Weidman checked a hard inside leg kick. Last week Silva posted a video of himself walking unassisted without crutches, and his manager Ed Soares posted this video of Silva doing a light pad work out. His progress has been remarkably fast and today he posted another video, this time of him starting to grapple:

Silva has himself said that he would like to return to the UFC as soon as possible and this weekend UFC President Dana White said a 2104 return for the former champion is definitely possible.

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