Bleacher Report’s MMA news recap for Monday May 16:Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson says his fight with Miguel Torres is like David vs Goliath.Phil Davis does not plan on losing to Rashad Evans.Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says he will not fight past 35….
Bleacher Report’s MMA news recap for Monday May 16:
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson says his fight with Miguel Torres is like David vs Goliath.
Phil Davis does not plan on losing to Rashad Evans.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says he will not fight past 35.
Anothony Pettis talks Gray Maynard and Clay Guida.
Fedor emerges as favorite over Dan Henderson.
Daniel Cormier and Jeff Monson added to Strikeforce card.
Georges St-Pierre returns to training after eye injury.
After learning he would be forced off UFC 130, UFC lightweight-champion Frankie Edgar has been recovering properly in order to prepare for a third encounter against challenger Gray Maynard later this year. While already undergoing treatment for hi…
After learning he would be forced off UFC 130, UFC lightweight-champion Frankie Edgar has been recovering properly in order to prepare for a third encounter against challenger Gray Maynard later this year.
While already undergoing treatment for his back, Edgar spoke to Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” and discussed his injury, which could lead to surgery in the near future to further correct the issue.
“I think eventually I’m going to need surgery,” Edgar said. “Hopefully these shots will slow down the process and give me a couple more years without having to do the surgery.”
On the show, Edgar said he has received four epidural injections to help address the issue, and he added it will take up to four days to determine whether the solution is successful or not. Should the shots not determine a successful outcome, Edgar said he will receive another set of shots in his nerves.
Edgar said he had to get back surgery 11 years ago and occasionally has pain that prevents him from training for a day or two.
However, his recent spell has been more severe and has put him in so much pain that it was apparent he could no longer train for his title bout against Maynard—a decision that has disappoint Edgar and his training camp.
“Not only do I not want to let down my bosses, Dana [White], Lorenzo [Fertitta] and those guys, I don’t want to let down my teammates,” he said.
For now, Edgar said he will rest and await his results, taking about 10 days off before he resumes training. While he is expected to return to the Octagon later this year, his main priority is to recuperate.
“Just the rest alone made me feel a little better,” he said. “I think these shots will help me train at the capacity I need to train.”
There is sure to be plenty of criticism about the upcoming UFC 130 fight card.With the lightweight title rubber match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard scrapped due to injuries, the card doesn’t really have that standout fight worthy of headlining…
There is sure to be plenty of criticism about the upcoming UFC 130 fight card.
With the lightweight title rubber match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard scrapped due to injuries, the card doesn’t really have that standout fight worthy of headlining a UFC pay-per-view.
With that said, this is still an incredible card full of exciting style match-ups.
Critics may down the card for not boasting a significant main event, but these are usually the kind of cards that end up being the most exciting. It’s extremely rare that stacked cards like UFC 129 lives up to the monumental hype that it did.
We are less than two weeks away from UFC 130, which takes place in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here are five key questions heading into the event.
In the world of mixed martial arts, the hype machine can be an extremely frustrating thing to a fighter.Some fighters are hyped up too quickly for their game to keep up and that can lead to undeserved fights, endorsements, and all around fan popularity…
In the world of mixed martial arts, the hype machine can be an extremely frustrating thing to a fighter.
Some fighters are hyped up too quickly for their game to keep up and that can lead to undeserved fights, endorsements, and all around fan popularity.
On the other side of the hype coin there are many fighters in this business who’s discipline, blood, sweat and tears seems to go unnoticed no matter what they have done or continue to do when the cage door closes.
It is sometimes a tough pill for a professional fighter to swallow, when they get bypassed and overlooked by the powers that be, for the up and coming, fresh, largely unproven newcomer.
As a shout-out to all those fighters who have sat in the emergency room for hours getting stitched up, while the others jet to the nearest post-fight party, here are the eight most underappreciated fighters of all time.
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.The rankings were voted on by num…
Here is the first installment of the Bleacher Report MMA Rankings. Each month on the first and 15th of the month we will publish divisional rankings. On the first of each month we will post our pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings were voted on by numerous writers on Bleacher Report and do not reflect any of their rankings personally. The rankings are an average of each writers vote for each weight class.
Georges “Rush” St-Pierre retained his UFC welterweight championship for the sixth consecutive time on April 30, defeating top ranked contender Jake Shields with relative ease. What makes the feat all the more extraordinary is that St-Pierre did i…
Georges “Rush” St-Pierre retained his UFC welterweight championship for the sixth consecutive time on April 30, defeating top ranked contender Jake Shields with relative ease. What makes the feat all the more extraordinary is that St-Pierre did it with vision in just one eye.
Despite fighting nearly blind for most of the fight, the champion was able to keep Shields from taking him down the entire five round affair.
St-Pierre suffered from hyphema, a bleeding in the eye. He was required to wear an eye patch and use medicated drops until it healed. He has since improved and has been cleared to resume training.
One of St-Pierre’s trainers, Bruno Fernandes, is also an eye specialist. He said that in severe cases of hyphema the person can suffer permanent damage to their vision. Although Georges had only 10 percent of his vision at one point, his case was not severe and he has made a full recovery.
Fernandes stated that after the champ suffered the injury he still knew he could fight. He stated, “By using instruments, if I had an idea how bad it was, if I knew there was no retina detachment, no open wound, and if it’s not 100 percent but he can see fingers, using the tools available at that moment it would be OK to let fight continue.”
Its good to know that St-Pierre will be able to fight again soon. With a possible future bout with Nick Diaz looming on the horizon, the champion’s health becomes all the more important.
Bleacher Report’s MMA news recap for Monday May 16: