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He has fought with injuries. He had torn ligaments in his knee for the Mendes fight and fought anyway.
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If I remember right he said he injured his knee 11 weeks from fight night.

His coach said "The injury is healed now, but it wasn't until about two weeks before the fight that we felt it was 100 percent"...

Basically seems like he was fortunate enough that the injury occured early enough that he had time to heal.
 
unchanged_lineup said:
"Watched" the highlights of the press conference, i.e. had it on in the background, and is it terrible if I got the impression that Nate is kinda thick? He got absolutely burned on the steroids thing.
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It's a good thing. Mind games won't work on someone who just doesn't get it :lol:
 
Dominos said:
If I remember right he said he injured his knee 11 weeks from fight night.

His coach said "The injury is healed now, but it wasn't until about two weeks before the fight that we felt it was 100 percent"...

Basically seems like he was fortunate enough that the injury occured early enough that he had time to heal.
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He said he only started kicking with it again two weeks before the fight.
 
unchanged_lineup said:
"Watched" the highlights of the press conference, i.e. had it on in the background, and is it terrible if I got the impression that Nate is kinda thick? He got absolutely burned on the steroids thing.
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He does speak as if he's taken one too many blows to the head.
 
Gol123 said:
He said he only started kicking with it again two weeks before the fight.
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Yes. No doubt it affected his training camp but his knee healing perfectly 2 weeks before he had to fight (according to his coach) is the reason he was able to fight. If he'd have been unfortunate enough that he injured his knee 10 days before the fight we may have found he turns into one of these "pussies" he talks about, either that or one day we'll see him hobbling about the ring on a broken foot because he's too proud to pull out.
 
Dominos said:
Yes. No doubt it affected his training camp but his knee healing perfectly 2 weeks before he had to fight (according to his coach) is the reason he was able to fight. If he'd have been unfortunate enough that he injured his knee 10 days before the fight we may have found he turns into one of these "pussies" he talks about, either that or one day we'll see him hobbling about the ring on a broken foot because he's too proud to pull out.
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Is there actual proof that his foot is broken?
 
cyberman said:
Is there actual proof that his foot is broken?
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What's clear is he's injured, both from the fact he's been to the doctors the UFC sent him to and the pictures. Whether it's possible he could fight we can't say for sure but I think you have to give him the benefit of the doubt when his foot is swollen to twice it's normal size 10 days before the fight.
 
Dominos said:
Yes. No doubt it affected his training camp but his knee healing perfectly 2 weeks before he had to fight (according to his coach) is the reason he was able to fight. If he'd have been unfortunate enough that he injured his knee 10 days before the fight we may have found he turns into one of these "pussies" he talks about, either that or one day we'll see him hobbling about the ring on a broken foot because he's too proud to pull out.
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To be fair to McGregor he's pretty much already did that. Didn't he actually do his cruciate during the Holloway fight and he just fought on and still won.

Don't know how many fighters would have done that.
 
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stevoc said:
To be fair to McGregor he's pretty much already did that. Didn't he actually do his cruciate during the Holloway fight and he just fought on and still won.

Don't know how many fighters would have done that.
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He did.
 
You can be sure McG and the two lads will be partying the shit out of it together and laughing their holes off in some swanky club a few hours after the fight.
 
When did Connor do a cruciate ligament? I've never heard that he injured his ACL. I heard he injured his medial collateral ligament, sprained or a minor tear.

I hadn't heard that he had torn his ACL, and was it torn, or a tear? I'd be very, very shocked if he was able to fight with it torn. A tear is about managing pain because mechanical stability remains, if it was completely torn, you can step wrong and your knee buckles in some of the more horrendous pain you will ever experience. You can compete with a torn ACL, but it almost certainly requires an ACL brace to support the joint. The ACL managed front/back stability. It means that without something supporting the knee, if you run and stop the knee buckles. If you plant wrong, it buckles. Pretty much any sort of high impact activity and the knee buckles.

I have first hand experience with competing in sports with a fully torn ACL, and I rocked an ACL brace for an entire basketball season before getting it reconstructed. Like competing with a tear it's a question of how much pain will you tolerate, but the difference between basketball and MMA is, in basketball you can correct the mechanical stability issues by using a brace, in MMA you can't and if you completely blow out your knee in an MMA contest, you're fecking done, no matter who you are.

Carlos Condit is one of the toughest most pain tolerant SOB's in the game, and he tried to deal with it and folded up like an accordion.
 
KiD MoYeS said:

Nine o'clock... Gonna be hilarious, homie.
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Reporter: Nate it's also a big payday for you too. Is there something you'll be able to go and pick up now?

Nate: "Yea, I'll probably buy some.. (:lol: you just know he almost said weed there) err, a whole bunch of nice shit."
 
I'm actually getting quite excited about this matchup. The amount of shittalking inside the octagon will be crazy.
 
George Owen said:
of course he is no coward, nobody that steps into the octagon is a coward. My bad.

i should have said afraid or concerned instead of coward. Fear in your mind, can make your bones/body weak. Its undeniable Conor was already inside his head and that's why he got injured. That's my opinion at least.
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:lol: oh please.. your boy will get shred to bits by Dos Anjos. He's a different kind of beast.

Saying that, I thought the same in his fight against Aldo. :nervous:
 
Nucks said:
When did Connor do a cruciate ligament? I've never heard that he injured his ACL. I heard he injured his medial collateral ligament, sprained or a minor tear.

I hadn't heard that he had torn his ACL, and was it torn, or a tear? I'd be very, very shocked if he was able to fight with it torn. A tear is about managing pain because mechanical stability remains, if it was completely torn, you can step wrong and your knee buckles in some of the more horrendous pain you will ever experience. You can compete with a torn ACL, but it almost certainly requires an ACL brace to support the joint. The ACL managed front/back stability. It means that without something supporting the knee, if you run and stop the knee buckles. If you plant wrong, it buckles. Pretty much any sort of high impact activity and the knee buckles.

I have first hand experience with competing in sports with a fully torn ACL, and I rocked an ACL brace for an entire basketball season before getting it reconstructed. Like competing with a tear it's a question of how much pain will you tolerate, but the difference between basketball and MMA is, in basketball you can correct the mechanical stability issues by using a brace, in MMA you can't and if you completely blow out your knee in an MMA contest, you're fecking done, no matter who you are.

Carlos Condit is one of the toughest most pain tolerant SOB's in the game, and he tried to deal with it and folded up like an accordion.
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Spoilered because it's not the prettiest footage to watch, but this is Seth Rollins tearing his ACL and barely finishing the match.
 
Mark_GrumpyLion said:
Quite excited about that to be honest, makes me more inclined to pick up a ticket. If Overeem wins this, maybe a title shot in the near future for him?
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yeah if i were in europe, i would go to every event.

Overeem is near his title shot for sure. He might be the next after Miocic. Of course if Jon Jones decides he wants to move up after the fight with DC, he get a straight title shot.

the fights starts in 30 minutes

Luke Rockhold to fight Weidman on UFC199. Hopefully Weidman is not rushing himself into the octagon.
 
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