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feck. Im in Germany and I just watched the prelims but the main event is region locked. I'm gonna give up my fight pass subscription in that case. fecking useless
 
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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http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/8/23/4649908/conor-mcgregor-suffered-torn-acl-at-ufc-fight-night-26

http://mmajunkie.com/2013/08/acl-tear-sidelines-ufc-featherweight-conor-mcgregor-for-10-months

McGregor suffered a tear to his anterior cruciate ligament, a strain to his medial collateral ligament and a meniscal tear of his posterior horn, according to UFC President Dana White, who late Thursday delivered the news to “FOX Sports Live.” McGregor, White said, is expected to be on the shelf for upwards of 10 months.
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Ok now FP is truly fecked. Stuck on tale of the tape :mad:

Edit: Finally fixed in the middle of the 2nd round :rolleyes:
 
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The weight cut could be detrimental to him. He was just saying in the interview that he felt like he had no energy. How he makes 170 I have no idea, he looked like a giant next to Hardy in that interview.
 
justboy68 said:
The weight cut could be detrimental to him. He was just saying in the interview that he felt like he had no energy. How he makes 170 I have no idea, he looked like a giant next to Hardy in that interview.
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Yeah he's a middleweight I think.

Main card has been wank so far tbh.
 
Not a great fight, but hard not to be impressed by Mousasi

Not an exciting fighter but so calm and composed, half expecting him to light up a cigar
 
Nice end to the round

Cocky Anderson has turned up. Bisping has to keep his head
 
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