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Surgery Roundup: Weidman and Hendricks Set Timetables for Return, Carlos Condit to Go Under the Knife Tomorrow


(“And for my next trick, I will pull a horseshoe out of Joe Rogan’s ass and beat him over the head with it!” Photo via Getty.)

I don’t mean to jinx things, but 2014 is rapidly approaching 2012 as the year of the injury curse. So far, 2014 has been the year that put the final nail in Dominick Cruz’s coffin, saw Anderson Silva do a full-on Corey Hill, and took out Cain Velasquez for the foreseeable future. Oh yes, and let us not forget that GSP vacated his title this year, and that we won’t be seeing Anthony Pettis in action until December 27th*. No, fuck you, 2014.

Even our newly-minted, young-gun champions, Chris Weidman and Johny Hendricks, have been bitten by the injury bug recently, going down with a knee injury and torn bicep/fractured shin, respectively. Honestly, it makes one consider whether fighting for tens of thousands of hundreds of dollars is really worth spending the majority of your prime years battling injuries that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix, but I digress.

Amidst all the black clouds currently hovering over the MMA landscape, however is a silver lining. Following successful bicep surgery, Hendricks has already set a timetable for his return, telling The MMA Hour that he is hoping for a 4 to 8 week rehabilitation period before he can resume training. For some gruesome before and after photos of Hendricks’ shredded ligaments, plus updates on Weidman and Carlos Condit, join us after the jump.

(“And for my next trick, I will pull a horseshoe out of Joe Rogan’s ass and beat him over the head with it!” Photo via Getty.)

I don’t mean to jinx things, but 2014 is rapidly approaching 2012 as the year of the injury curse. So far, 2014 has been the year that put the final nail in Dominick Cruz’s coffin, saw Anderson Silva do a full-on Corey Hill, and took out Cain Velasquez for the foreseeable future. Oh yes, and let us not forget that GSP vacated his title this year, and that we won’t be seeing Anthony Pettis in action until December 27th*. No, fuck you, 2014.

Even our newly-minted, young-gun champions, Chris Weidman and Johny Hendricks, have been bitten by the injury bug recently, going down with a knee injury and torn bicep/fractured shin, respectively. Honestly, it makes one consider whether fighting for tens of thousands of hundreds of dollars is really worth spending the majority of your prime years battling injuries that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix, but I digress.

Amidst all the black clouds currently hovering over the MMA landscape, however is a silver lining. Following successful bicep surgery, Hendricks has already set a timetable for his return, telling The MMA Hour that he is hoping for a 4 to 8 week rehabilitation period before he can resume training.

Hendricks’ manager, Ted Ehrhardt, was also kind enough to post photos of Hendricks’ bicep tendon and ligament before and after surger-OH MY GOD.

Before:

After: 

Hey, at least some negligent doctor didn’t burn him with a surgical lighthead, amiright? *vomits*

In slightly more uplifting news, middleweight champ Chris Weidman is expected to undergo “minor” left knee surgery to repair the torn meniscus that forced him out of his UFC 173 fight with Lyoto Machida. This is according to Weidman’s coach, Ray Longo, who informed Fox Sports that Weidman will additionally have some repairs done on his right knee to remedy some lingering issues there. Considering Weidman’s last return from surgery resulted in the greatest upset of all time, Machida might as well start readying himself for a drop to welterweight. Dude will be a monster. 

“Chris really needs to be healthy for this fight,” said Longo to FOX Sports. “Whatever he was doing outside of the knee was looking good. His weight was phenomenal. He just needs to address this now. It’s something he can’t risk happening in a fight.”

Speaking of which, Carlos Condit is set to go under the knife tomorrow night to repair the torn meniscus and ACL he suffered in his fight with Tyron Woodley at UFC 171. His return date is still up in the air, although if we are to use the recovery timetable of Conor McGregor as a barometer, we could see Condit back in action by early 2015. So hooray for that.

*Of course, being that Pettis has landed a TUF coaching gig, that date will be pushed back to May of 2015 at the minimum after he inevitably injures himself again.

–J. Jones

Carlos Condit Injury Update: Torn ACL, Partially Torn Meniscus

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a partially torn meniscus during his Saturday UFC 171 loss in Dallas to Tyron Woodley.
Condit’s manager Malki Kawa confirmed the news with Bleacher Re…

Former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a partially torn meniscus during his Saturday UFC 171 loss in Dallas to Tyron Woodley.

Condit’s manager Malki Kawa confirmed the news with Bleacher Report on Wednesday. Kawa also noted that no timetable is currently available for Condit’s return.

On Sunday, Condit told Bleacher Report at the Albuquerque, N.M. airport that he believed the injury occurred during a second-round takedown from Woodley. He was able to stand back up, but Woodley immediately kicked his other leg. When Condit tried to plant his injured leg, the knee gave out and he fell to the ground, which stopped the fight. Woodley was awarded the win via injury TKO.

Condit was walking with a slight limp and said that walking in straight lines was no problem. But he said that anything involving lateral movement or twisting of the knee was impossible.

Kawa told Yahoo! Sports that Condit was optimistic about a return to the Octagon:

Carlos is a fighter and it hurts not to be able to fight for a while, but he’s in great spirits and he’s looking forward to having the surgery and then working as hard as possible on his rehab. He loves to fight and he loves to compete and he’s going to miss that while he’s out. But he is optimistic he’ll be as good as ever and is looking forward to getting back to doing what he does best, fighting.

Condit has mostly been injury-free for the majority of his career. The loss to Woodley was his third in his last four fights, but all have come against the UFC’s top welterweights. It was just the eighth loss of his career, which dates back to 2002.

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UFC 171 Salaries: Four Fighters Clear Six Figures, Hector Lombard Continues to Make a Killing


(“I’m only making HOW MUCH for this?!” Photo via Getty.)

MMAManifesto released the complete list of disclosed salaries for UFC 171 earlier today, and the biggest takeaway seems to be that former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard continues to make six times more money to show with a 3-2 octagon record than current welterweight champion Johny Hendricks does with an 11-2 record. But hey, at least his decision win over Jake Shields last weekend was a goddamn barnburner, amiright?

Of course, being that the Texas Boxing and Wrestling Authority has decided against releasing the actual salary figures for UFC 171 (a choice typically left up to the discretion of the presiding athletic commission), the numbers you will see after the jump are more an estimate based on the fighters past earnings more than anything else. These figures are also likely to change when the TBWA informs us that a handful of these fighters were high as shit at UFC 171 three months from now.

Hector Lombard: $300,000
Johny Hendricks: $150,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Robbie Lawler: $133,000 ($83,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Tyron Woodley: $104,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus)


(“I’m only making HOW MUCH for this?!” Photo via Getty.)

MMAManifesto released the complete list of disclosed salaries for UFC 171 earlier today, and the biggest takeaway seems to be that former Bellator middleweight champion Hector Lombard continues to make six times more money to show with a 3-2 octagon record than current welterweight champion Johny Hendricks does with an 11-2 record. But hey, at least his decision win over Jake Shields last weekend was a goddamn barnburner, amiright?

Of course, being that the Texas Boxing and Wrestling Authority has decided against releasing the actual salary figures for UFC 171 (a choice typically left up to the discretion of the presiding athletic commission), the numbers you will see after the jump are more an estimate based on the fighters past earnings more than anything else. These figures are also likely to change when the TBWA informs us that a handful of these fighters were high as shit at UFC 171 three months from now.

Hector Lombard: $300,000
Johny Hendricks: $150,000 ($50,000 to show, $50,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Robbie Lawler: $133,000 ($83,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Tyron Woodley: $104,000 ($52,000 to show, $52,000 win bonus)
Ovince St. Preux: $96,000 ($23,000 to show, $23,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Dennis Bermudez: $78,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Jake Shields: $75,000
Diego Sanchez: $60,000
Carlos Condit: $55,000
Rick Story: $27,000
Frank Trevino: $17,600 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $1,600 from Forte for missing weight)
Myles Jury: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Kelvin Gastelum: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Jessica Andrade: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Alex Garcia: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Justin Scoggins: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Sean Strickland: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Robert Whiteford: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Daniel Pineda: $15,000
Will Campuzano: $10,000
Nikita Krylov: $8,000
Raquel Pennington: $8,000
Jimy Hettes: $8,000
Sean Spencer: $8,000
Robert McDaniel: $8,000
Renee Forte: $6,400 ($8,000 to show, $1,600 to Trevino for missing weight)

Overpaid: Given the current pay-scale of today’s top MMA fighters, it would be hard to argue that Hector Lombard is *not* the most overpaid fighter in the UFC, and possibly all of MMA. He seems to have found his groove at welterweight, sure, and made a statement in his own right by coasting to victory over a former (Strikeforce) champion in Jake Shields last weekend. But for a guy who made $700,000 for his first underwhelming fight in the UFC and continues to make 300K per fight to date, Lombard has yet to truly put in three decent rounds of fighting. Consecutively, at least.

Underpaid: I could just take the easy route here and say “everyone below Diego Sanchez,” but I’m going to focus on one guy in particular: Dennis Bermudez. The former is currently riding a six-fight win streak over solid competition, and hasn’t dropped a fight since coming up short in the TUF 14 Finale, but he’s still making just a 14K/14K split? Then again, maybe that’s the point of these new “Performance Bonuses” — you pay each guy so little that they have no option but to fight like their life is on the line. Because it is. Touche, UFC. Touche.

Oh yeah, and Carlos Condit at $55,000 to show seems downright criminal considering how exciting and consistent a fighter he is (his past few losses aside), but we’d like to imagine that the former WEC champ is really making his bank in undisclosed, locker room bonuses and dose sweet HEADRUSH monies. We have to believe that to get out of bed each morning and continue writing about this crazy, crazy sport, really.

One final thing of note: Does anyone find it odd that Dana White raked Alistair Overeem over the coals for his tactical dismantling of Frank Mir, yet when Lombard turns on autopilot for two rounds, he praises him? A little consistency is all we’re asking for, Dearest Overlord of MMA Media.

–J. Jones

Tyron Woodley Lashes Out at Joe Rogan for Biased UFC 171 Commentary


(“OH MY GOD CONDIT’S GOT THE PRESSURE-POINT VICE GRIPS! CAN HE FINISH FROM HERE, JOE? JOE!? PULL YOUR PANTS UP AND ANSWER ME!!!” / Photo via Getty)

Joe Rogan performs the job of MMA color-commentator better than virtually anybody else in the world. From his ability to explain complex grappling concepts on the fly, to his honest criticism of fighters, cornermen, officials, and ice-buckets when they deserve it, Rogan does a lot behind the broadcast booth that’s admirable. And for a guy who makes his living as a comedian, he shows remarkable restraint in not turning his commentary gigs into a constant yuk-fest.

That being said, Rogan has a few bad habits that fans and fighters alike have pointed out over the years. For example: his tendency to focus on one fighter’s performance while ignoring the other, the verbal sex-acts he performs for jiu-jitsu fighters, or the way he pushes a pre-established narrative even when the actions in front of his face don’t actually support it.

UFC 171 gave us a pretty good example of this during the Carlos Condit vs. Tyron Woodley fight, which Condit was a clear favorite going into — in terms of betting odds as well as the UFC’s future plans. But even as Woodley dominated the majority of the match, it seemed like Joe Rogan was instead doing a play-by-play about how Woodley was gassing out because he’s too muscular. Woodley, as you can imagine, wasn’t too impressed afterwards. Here’s what he said about Rogan’s commentary in an interview with mmamental (via MMAFighting):

“It’s almost like they’re punishing you for training hard. They’re punishing you for being physically fit. I think Joe Rogan is horrendous for his commentary that he did for that fight. Everything was, ‘Oh, Tyron threw a hard bomb but Carlos took it. He’s got such a great chin. Oh, Tyron has a takedown. Look at Carlos. He’s doing the mission impossible guard [mission control].’ Everything that I did he was leaning it towards the credit of Carlos Condit.


(“OH MY GOD CONDIT’S GOT THE PRESSURE-POINT VICE GRIPS! CAN HE FINISH FROM HERE, JOE? JOE!? PULL YOUR PANTS UP AND ANSWER ME!!!” / Photo via Getty)

Joe Rogan performs the job of MMA color-commentator better than virtually anybody else in the world. From his ability to explain complex grappling concepts on the fly, to his honest criticism of fighters, cornermen, officials, and ice-buckets when they deserve it, Rogan does a lot behind the broadcast booth that’s admirable. And for a guy who makes his living as a comedian, he shows remarkable restraint in not turning his commentary gigs into a constant yuk-fest.

That being said, Rogan has a few bad habits that fans and fighters alike have pointed out over the years. For example: his tendency to focus on one fighter’s performance while ignoring the other, the verbal sex-acts he performs for jiu-jitsu fighters, or the way he pushes a pre-established narrative even when the actions in front of his face don’t actually support it.

UFC 171 gave us a pretty good example of this during the Carlos Condit vs. Tyron Woodley fight, which Condit was a clear favorite going into — in terms of betting odds as well as the UFC’s future plans. But even as Woodley dominated the majority of the match, it seemed like Joe Rogan was instead doing a play-by-play about how Woodley was gassing out because he’s too muscular. Woodley, as you can imagine, wasn’t too impressed afterwards. Here’s what he said about Rogan’s commentary in an interview with mmamental (via MMAFighting):

“It’s almost like they’re punishing you for training hard. They’re punishing you for being physically fit. I think Joe Rogan is horrendous for his commentary that he did for that fight. Everything was, ‘Oh, Tyron threw a hard bomb but Carlos took it. He’s got such a great chin. Oh, Tyron has a takedown. Look at Carlos. He’s doing the mission impossible guard [mission control].’ Everything that I did he was leaning it towards the credit of Carlos Condit.

“I think sometimes when you watch a fight and you listen to the commentary you can kind of veer the spectators, and hopefully not the UFC, in directions it shouldn’t be going…

“I was not wincing,” says Woodley. “I was not in any harm or any danger at any point in the fight. My cardio felt great and it was even in my gameplan to increase the level in the third round. I wasn’t even at full speed. People say, ‘He started off hard! He started off in a full sprint!’ I didn’t even start off in a full sprint. If they think that’s a full sprint for me, then I’m happy with it because they haven’t seen a full sprint yet.”

After the event, Rogan tried to argue for Rory MacDonald as the rightful #1 welterweight contender, since Woodley won due to an unexpected injury. That, to me, is pushing a narrative, and if you want to criticize him for it, go right ahead. Still, I don’t think Rogan’s performance during Woodley vs. Condit was that bad, for a couple reasons…

1) If you’re calling a match between two fighters, it’s natural to focus attention on the one who is more famous. On Saturday night, that was Condit. This isn’t necessarily a flaw in Joe Rogan’s performance, it’s a byproduct of all broadcast news-delivery: You lead with the person/thing that viewers are tuning in for.

2) If a fighter is dominating a match, it’s also natural to suggest ways in which the fight might actually be more competitive than it looks. Blowouts aren’t dramatic; fans don’t like them. Woodley kicked ass in round one, so in order to hold viewers’ attention, Rogan created a narrative in which Condit was staging a comeback. That might seem like bias — especially if you’re Tyron Woodley — but it’s also what a good storyteller does. Joe Rogan is simply doing his job.

Do you agree with that justification? Or does Rogan need to be more fair and balanced, no matter who’s fighting or winning?

Definitively Ranking the Top Five Welterweight Contenders Following UFC 171


(Pictured above: A semi-retired welterweight on a two fight losing streak who will not be featured in this column. Photo via Getty.)

There’s been a lot of talk about who the next #1 welterweight contender is following UFC 171, so much so that we have all but neglected to give the division’s new champ, Johny Hendricks, his due credit for outlasting Robbie Lawler in an absolute war to secure said title last Saturday. Some are saying that Tyron Woodley should get the next shot, regardless of the circumstances that led to his TKO win over Carlos Condit. Other, less creative individuals are calling for an immediate Hendricks/Lawler rematch, and a few loons out there are honestly, unbelievably, rallying to give Nick Diaz another completely unearned title shot. A blindly-devoted, if illogical bunch, us MMA fans oft are.

But one thing’s for the certain, the UFC’s welterweight division — and specifically, the claim of being the true #1 contender — is open for the taking once again. So to clear up any and all confusion regarding this talent-rich division, we’ve decided to definitively rank the top five contenders using only the power of Johny Vision™ (warning: may cause diarrhea, dip-spit mouth, and beard face).

#5 – Carlos Condit

Up until the point that Carlos Condit’s knee decided to implode against Tyron Woodley, well, he was losing his fight with Tyron Woodley. The notoriously slow starter was getting off second and failing to outmaneuver the quick hands of Woodley in most of their early exchanges and was taken down twice in the first round. But getting dominated? Hardly.


(Pictured above: A semi-retired welterweight on a two fight losing streak who will not be featured in this column. Photo via Getty.)

There’s been a lot of talk about who the next #1 welterweight contender is following UFC 171, so much so that we have all but neglected to give the division’s new champ, Johny Hendricks, his due credit for outlasting Robbie Lawler in an absolute war to secure said title last Saturday. Some are saying that Tyron Woodley should get the next shot, regardless of the circumstances that led to his TKO win over Carlos Condit. Other, less creative individuals are calling for an immediate Hendricks/Lawler rematch, and a few loons out there are honestly, unbelievably, rallying to give Nick Diaz another completely unearned title shot. A blindly-devoted, if illogical bunch, us MMA fans oft are.

But one thing’s for the certain, the UFC’s welterweight division — and specifically, the claim of being the true #1 contender — is open for the taking once again. So to clear up any and all confusion regarding this talent-rich division, we’ve decided to definitively rank the top five contenders using only the power of Johny Vision™ (warning: may cause diarrhea, dip-spit mouth, and beard face).

#5 – Carlos Condit

Up until the point that Carlos Condit’s knee decided to implode against Tyron Woodley, well, he was losing his fight with Tyron Woodley. The notoriously slow starter was getting off second and failing to outmaneuver the quick hands of Woodley in most of their early exchanges and was taken down twice in the first round. But getting dominated? Hardly.

When looking over the welterweight division’s list of fighters, it would be hard to find more than a few guys who stand a chance of beating “The Natural Born Killer” on even his worst day. With wins over Rory MacDonald, Nick Diaz, Dong Hyun-Kim, and close losses to Georges St. Pierre and Johny Hendricks, Condit still maintains his top five ranking despite dropping three of his past four fights. A crazy notion perhaps, but a fair one when discussing a perennial upper-echelon contender like Condit. And honestly, we’d still pick a healthy Carlos over a couple of the guys we are about to rank ahead of him.

#4 – Hector Lombard 

The fact is, a win over Jake Shields — no matter how ineffective or exhausted or truly garbage-ass he looked — is a win worthy of consideration. Few of us could say that we saw Lombard heading for anything but “Biggest UFC Busts” territory after his first three fights — a pair of unforgettable in their terribleness decision losses to Tim Boetsch and Yushin Okami sandwiched around a first round KO over Rousimar Palhares. And while it’s true that Lombard is still struggling to find consistency in the excitement department since dropping to welterweight, he surely isn’t having any trouble in the win department.

After starching Nate Marquardt at UFC 166, Lombard looked as if he was destined for another first round knockout against Shields last weekend. He had bloodied up the former title challenger inside of two minutes, had defended all of his takedowns, and had even landed a beautiful judo toss of his own. It was absolute dominance; perhaps the best round Lombard has had in the UFC (that didn’t result in a finish).

But then, he just kind of coasted. He played it safe. For a man that is known as such a mean SOB even among MMA fighters, Lombard seemed all too willing to turn on the autopilot for two rounds. Unfortunately, we were all too busy criticizing Lombard to recognize that he had made quite a definitive statement with his performance, lackluster though it may have been. Let me ask you this: Aside from GSP, who has ever dominated Jake Shields on the ground like that? Demian Maia couldn’t. Tyron Woodley sure as hell couldn’t. But Hector Lombard did, and with ease.

Title-ready Lombard may not be, but worthy of consideration? Surely.

#3 – Rory MacDonald

This ranking seems fairly obvious. MacDonald is currently riding a winning streak of one fight, but arguably holds more notable UFC wins than anyone on this list: Maia, Ellenberger, Penn, Nate Diaz, etc. His only loss in the past three years came via a split decision loss to the guy who just narrowly lost a title bid last weekend, so where else should he belong? We say match him up with Lombard next and have Dana White declare it a kinda-sorta-maybe #1 contender fight (a.k.a “not a #1 contender fight”) in a half-hearted attempt to generate interest. Fuck yeah, world domination!

#2 – Tyron Woodley

Despite the fact that he shredded his opponents knee with a takedown/leg kick combo last weekend, Tyron Woodley might have had the worst luck of them all at UFC 171. His win over Condit has already been all but declared as a push in fan’s eyes — a freak accident on par with Anderson Silva’s leg break, to speak in forced comparisons — regardless of the fact that he was taking it to Condit in seven minutes prior.

That said, Woodley has now won three out of his past four fights, over Jay Hieron (heh), Josh Koscheck (in his second straight KO loss and third straight overall), and Carlos Condit via injury. Throw in Woodley’s relatively reserved persona and you don’t exactly end up with the ingredients for a monster pay-per-view. And that is perhaps the most important factor in these post-Sonnen vs. Jones times.

#1 – Robbie Lawler

Again, this seems relatively simple. Lawler holds wins over the #3 guy (according to the recently-established mother of all welterweight rankings) and a former title challenger in Koscheck (his first to come by KO since 2009), and lost a fight with Hendricks that was essentially decided by one takedown in the final minute of the fifth round. Until someone proves us otherwise, Lawler is still the guy to beat at 170 lbs.

Does that mean he should receive an immediate rematch with Hendricks? God no. But matching Lawler up with Woodley next and giving the winner a title shot makes a ton of sense to us. As with Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jon Jones, pairing each fighter up with a worthy opponent instead of immediately rematching them gives the potential rematch some time to simmer (if all goes according to plan) while playing against the idea that the UFC has become a heartless, money-grubbing corporation that hands out title shots regardless of merit or even logical deduction. Everybody wins, you guys!

Tyron Woodley makes the most sense from a time-sensitive standpoint, yes, but there’s no need to rush the newly-crowned champion into another fight before he can even start to build his brand as champion. And in a welterweight division that is still relying on GSP and Nick Diaz to generate interest, Johny Hendricks is a good a star as any.

Of course, this can only mean that Lawler vs. Diaz II has already been booked with a title shot on the line, and we’ve simply yet to hear word of it. And to be completely honest, we’d watch that fight. We’d watch the sh*t out of it.

–J. Jones

Carlos Condit Facing Possible Torn ACL, Undergoing MRI This Week

The overall status of Carlos Condit still remains uncertain, but early indications are that he possibly suffered a small meniscus tear and a torn ACL.
Sherdog.com confirmed the news Sunday after speaking with Jackson’s MMA general manager Ricky K…

The overall status of Carlos Condit still remains uncertain, but early indications are that he possibly suffered a small meniscus tear and a torn ACL.

Sherdog.com confirmed the news Sunday after speaking with Jackson’s MMA general manager Ricky Kottenstette.

The former interim welterweight champ suffered a gruesome knee injury Saturday night during his bout with Tyron Woodley at UFC 171. According to Kottenstette, Condit was taken to the hospital immediately after the loss, where he was later diagnosed with a possible small meniscus tear and a potentially torn ACL.

The injury appeared to occur from a double-leg takedown in the second round from Woodley. Condit winced in pain immediately as he was getting scooped and dumped on the mat. By the time the referee stood the fight back up, he was already moving with a noticeable limp. Even Woodley admitted to seeing it when speaking to the media at the post-fight press conference.

“[The injury] came from a double-leg takedown,” said Woodley. “I saw that he was hurt, and I went for the finish. I think I was dominating the fight, and that’s a tough guy to dominate in general.”

Woodley followed up the takedown on the feet by landing a left leg kick hard enough to cause Condit to go airborne and land awkwardly on his planted right leg. Condit immediately dropped to the ground clutching his right knee, and the referee stepped in at the 2:00 mark to stop the fight.  

Per the Serdog.com report, the doctor will wait for the swelling in Condit’s knee to subside before administering an MRI back in Albuquerque, N.M.

Whether in the cage or in training, gruesome leg injuries seem to be a common theme in the MMA world these days. Some of us are still cringing at the mere thought of Anderson Silva’s bone-shattering injury at UFC 168.

Twitter was ripe with condolences from other fighters after Condit went down:

Hopefully Condit’s ligaments are intact and he avoids the long and uncertain road of ACL recovery.

Keep reading Bleacher Report as more news becomes available on this developing story.

 

Jordy McElroy is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA writer for Rocktagon. 

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