When news recently broke on ESPN that Rashad Evans had pulled out of his UFC 170 bout with Daniel Cormier, expressions of surprise within the MMA community were rarer than unicorn sightings.
Injuries are now as much a part of the sport as punching and kicking. Fight announcements are less a promise than a tentative hope.
Some fighters are less reliable than others when it comes to showing up on fight night, of course. These individuals have gained a reputation—often through no fault of their own—for having all the robustness of candy glass.
Read on for a countdown of the UFC’s most injury-prone fighters.