When can I train? - these are the words that come out of the mouth Anderson Silva after undergoing a surgery for his broken leg which he sustained during a rematch against Chris Weidman last Saturday.

"He has spontaneously mentioned, obviously that's not something I'm questioning or curious about in the immediate post-operative phase, but he asked me in the pre-op area saying 'when can I train?' and he asked me every time when I see him on my rounds he asks 'will I be able to train? When can I train?' and I always indicated to him that he should be able to train," said Silva's surgeon Dr. Steven Sanders.

The Brazilian also known as the Spider was rushed to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas for surgery following his freaky leg injury when he tried to land a right kick to Weidman. However, he found himself on the wrong end after breaking the bone of his leg, forcing the referee to declare Weidman as the winner.

According to Sanders, the operation lasted for one and a half hour wherein they inserted an 11.5 millimeter titanium rod into his tibia to help stabilize the bone and promote healing.

Doctors expect the 38-year old fighter to recover for up to six months.

"If I had to make a guess less than 48 hours from the operation, I would say the fracture healing in three to six months, and attempting to train in six to nine months," Sanders told media.

"We are not even 48 hours from the surgery and tibia fractures, though we can get them to heal, can have slower healing. So in general my prognosis would be a fracture healing somewhere in the nature of three to six months, but there's also soft tissue components that have to heal and then of course a rehabilitative process as well," Dr. Sanders explained.