UFC 134’s reluctantly accepting Forrest Griffin in his final stage of grief

RIO DE JANEIRO – Now that Forrest Griffin is down here in Rio de Janeiro, he might as well fight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

It’s not like he really wanted to in the first place. But he’s got mouths to feed.

“Acceptance, just like the stages of grief,” Griffin said of his current state, just three days from his 134 co-headliner. “You can only stay in denial for so long.”