It should have come as no surprise when Anderson Silva recently opened up to Fantastico about working with a psychologist to banish the “ghosts” of the horrific tibia-fibula fracture he suffered against Chris Weidman at UFC 168. Then again, it is has long been easy to trivialise the importance of mental health. Intuitively, we seem to […]
It should have come as no surprise when Anderson Silva recently opened up to Fantastico about working with a psychologist to banish the “ghosts” of the horrific tibia-fibula fracture he suffered against Chris Weidman at UFC 168. Then again, it is has long been easy to trivialise the importance of mental health. Intuitively, we seem to […]
Cain Velasquez is injured and will no longer defend his UFC heavyweight title against Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180. Instead, popular heavyweight Mark Hunt will step in to face Werdum for the interim title at the Nov. 15 event. That’s according to a Tuesday report from Sherdog. A lot of MMA fans will surely be […]
Cain Velasquez is injured and will no longer defend his UFC heavyweight title against Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180. Instead, popular heavyweight Mark Hunt will step in to face Werdum for the interim title at the Nov. 15 event. That’s according to a Tuesday report from Sherdog. A lot of MMA fans will surely be […]
Cain Velasquez’s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to once again be put on hold, as a knee injury will keep the heavyweight champ from appearing in UFC 180′s main event. The UFC Twitter account confirmed the news, noting Fabricio Werdum’s new opponent: This is an unfortunate development, as many were looking to see […]
Cain Velasquez’s long-awaited return to the Octagon will have to once again be put on hold, as a knee injury will keep the heavyweight champ from appearing in UFC 180′s main event. The UFC Twitter account confirmed the news, noting Fabricio Werdum’s new opponent: This is an unfortunate development, as many were looking to see […]
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw is recovering after undergoing surgery to repair swelling in his left elbow. According to Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting,com, Dillashaw was dealing with a bout of bursitis and shouldn’t need more than five weeks of recovery time: Dillashaw, who confirmed the news to MMAFighting.com, said he was suffering from bursitis, which, […]
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw is recovering after undergoing surgery to repair swelling in his left elbow. According to Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting,com, Dillashaw was dealing with a bout of bursitis and shouldn’t need more than five weeks of recovery time: Dillashaw, who confirmed the news to MMAFighting.com, said he was suffering from bursitis, which, […]
The last three UFC events have been chock full of interesting stories, but the triumphant returns of Dominick Cruz and Cat Zingano were by far the most inspirational. Cruz, who had three years of his athletic prime stolen by a variety of injuries, came back and mauled Top 10 staple Takeya Mizugaki with scary ease. […]
The last three UFC events have been chock full of interesting stories, but the triumphant returns of Dominick Cruz and Cat Zingano were by far the most inspirational. Cruz, who had three years of his athletic prime stolen by a variety of injuries, came back and mauled Top 10 staple Takeya Mizugaki with scary ease. […]
EVERYONE JUST CALM DOWN, ALRIGHT!! Jose Aldo‘s UFC 179 rematch with Chad Mendes is not — I repeat, is not — in danger of being cancelled. UFC 179 WILL NOT be a repeat of UFC 176 a.k.a “The event that Jose Aldo’s cervical spine injury murdered.” And just because Aldo has said he was fine when he was injured in the past, only to later pull out of a fight because he *wasn’t* actually fine, doesn’t mean he’ll do it again. So just CALM. DOWN.
But yes, several of the UFC’s totally reliable sources have confirmed that Jose Aldo did spend a day laid up in the hospital due to a kidney stone, which he expelled within the day and was released. As Aldo’s coach and manager Andre Pederneiras told Combate:
Aldo has this renal calculi issue since he was 16 years old. After his fight against ‘Korean Zombie,’ he also expelled a stone. Same thing last week. It started with a little pain, he was then hospitalized, took some serum and anti-inflammatory, and then he expelled the stone.
For all you dum-dums out there, “renal calculi” is just doctor speak for a kidney stone. But again, EVERYTHING IS FINE…
OK, NOW WE CAN PANIC!!!!
(Because fuck it, this video is just *adorable*.)
EVERYONE JUST CALM DOWN, ALRIGHT!! Jose Aldo‘s UFC 179 rematch with Chad Mendes is not — I repeat, is not – in danger of being cancelled. UFC 179 WILL NOT be a repeat of UFC 176 a.k.a “The event that Jose Aldo’s cervical spine injury murdered.” And just because Aldo has said he was fine when he was injured in the past, only to later pull out of a fight because he *wasn’t* actually fine, doesn’t mean he’ll do it again. So just CALM. DOWN.
But yes, several of the UFC’s totally reliable sources have confirmed that Jose Aldo did spend a day laid up in the hospital due to a kidney stone, which he expelled within the day and was released. As Aldo’s coach and manager Andre Pederneiras told Combate:
Aldo has this renal calculi issue since he was 16 years old. After his fight against ‘Korean Zombie,’ he also expelled a stone. Same thing last week. It started with a little pain, he was then hospitalized, took some serum and anti-inflammatory, and then he expelled the stone.
For all you dum-dums out there, “renal calculi” is just doctor speak for a kidney stone. But again, EVERYTHING IS FINE…
OK, NOW WE CAN PANIC!!!!
Although the information is uquestionable at best and the evidence unsubstantiated, rumors are circlulating that Conor McGregor might have hurt his hand while training a few weeks ago in Ireland. The injury was first reported by Dave Meltzer, and started gaining credence after McGregor was shown donning a bandaged hand in the first episode of UFC 178 Embedded.
Of course there are *also* rumors going around that McGregor could have faked the injury to get in Dustin Poirier‘s head, because he’s just that much of a gamer. That Conor was not wearing the bandage during his media day appearance also seems to indicate that even if his hand was injured, it was likely something minor that has since been dealt with. I know, my insightful journalism skillz are blowing your minds right now.
We will keep you updated if any information breaks regarding either Aldo or McGregor.
