Ask the Fight Doc: Did Denver’s altitude really affect UFC 135 fighters?

Two heavyweights fights provided sometimes-plodding action at this past weekend’s UFC 135 event.

But were the conditions – namely Denver’s altitude – at least partially to blame for the big men’s depleted gas tanks?

In our latest “Ask the Fight Doc” …

Two heavyweights fights provided sometimes-plodding action at this past weekend’s UFC 135 event.

But were the conditions – namely Denver’s altitude – at least partially to blame for the big men’s depleted gas tanks?

In our latest “Ask the Fight Doc” installment, MMAjunkie.com medical
consultant and columnist Dr. Johnny Benjamin discusses how the Mile High City affected the fighters’ bodies and how heavyweights specifically were at a disadvantage.