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Post by Mr. Orange on Nov 14, 2009 20:01:06 GMT -5
This time: Nogueira
MMAJunkie:
The UFC's injury woes continue, and another main event has been scrapped.
A planned UFC 108 bout between heavyweight contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez has been called off due to a severe staph infection currently affecting "Big Nog."
UFC president Dana White revealed the news at Saturday's UFC 105 post-event press conference.
"[Nogueira] got staph infection, bad, to the point now it's in his blood stream, and he's probably going to have to be hospitalized and intravenuosly given the antibiotics," White said.
UFC 108, previously titled "Nogueira vs. Velasquez," is scheduled for Jan. 2 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
White said the recent string of bad luck for the company, which has included injuries to several of the UFC's most prominent fighters, is the worst his seen in his time at the helm of the promotion.
"It's crazy," White said. "In nine years of being in this business, we haven't had this many injuries in one (full) year."
Despite the setback, White said his company would deliver a solid event come January.
"This is my business; this is what we do," White said. "My job is to put on fights, and we'll get some fights for Jan. 2."
White said he was uncertain if Velasquez would remain on the card. With Brock Lesnar on the shelf indefinitely, Shane Carwin would seem to be a natural option. Unfortunately, White said Carwin just underwent knee surgery and would be unavailable for the event.
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Post by lancewiget on Nov 14, 2009 20:04:07 GMT -5
God-  ing-dammit. At least we still got Rashad/Thiago. |
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Post by [x] TEXACIDE [x] on Nov 14, 2009 23:06:50 GMT -5
I really feel bad for these guys who have been injured and are sick, I wish them the best.
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Post by chrishustle on Nov 14, 2009 23:10:55 GMT -5
Damn this is crazy!
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Post by Sandy on Nov 15, 2009 3:03:07 GMT -5
wow...
who the hell is going to take the place of this fight..
all the big names are either injured or have a fight coming up right before 108.
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Post by hammer on Nov 15, 2009 3:12:59 GMT -5
cancel dos santos/gonzaga... have gonzaga fight kongo or mir or whoever in the blue ... dos santos/cain for the main event, with rashad/thiago as the co. i forgot kongo was fighting at 107. that fight too... whos it against again, shane rogers? that... kongo vs gonzaga, dos santos vs velasquez. im down. yes i realize thats not how it works... im just drunk and rambling. and yet another edit, i just found out kongo/mir is in the works for 107. well damn, i think ive been under a gigantic rock named vodka for a while now. |
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Post by Kliquid on Nov 16, 2009 11:54:31 GMT -5
Maybe there is a god? And maybe he's finally bitchsmacking Dana?
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Post by lancewiget on Nov 16, 2009 12:44:58 GMT -5
I say it should be Cain vs Dos Santos at 108 and Mir vs Kongo at 107 (already happening).
The winner of those two fights face each other in an Interim Title match (due to Lesnar and Carwin being out). As for giving Gonzaga a fight, there isn't really anybody for him to fight seeing as Cro Cop is taking on Rothwell at 110. Stefan Struve maybe?
Either way, it should be Dos Santos/Cain and Kongo/Mir in an Interim Title tournament.
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Post by kurtangleisgod on Nov 16, 2009 15:16:21 GMT -5
This is getting ing ridiculous. Just get a Machida/Shogun rematch going ASAP |
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Post by threehgame on Nov 16, 2009 15:31:43 GMT -5
This is getting ing ridiculous. Just get a Machida/Shogun rematch going ASAP Machida has a broken hand so that will be put on hold for a while. Carwin posted on twitter that he did not have knee surgery, he just hurt the MCL and is rehabbing it. He might be able to go at 108. |
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Post by lancewiget on Nov 16, 2009 15:47:49 GMT -5
This is getting ing ridiculous. Just get a Machida/Shogun rematch going ASAP Machida has a broken hand so that will be put on hold for a while. Carwin posted on twitter that he did not have knee surgery, he just hurt the MCL and is rehabbing it. He might be able to go at 108. Nah, I doubt he'll be ready for 108 if surgery was considered but he's going with rehab. Just remember, UFC 108 is in 6 weeks this coming Saturday. He won't have time to rehab the injury and get in a decent training camp. |
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Nov 16, 2009 19:12:29 GMT -5
This is why as odd as it seems I think they should have weightclass PPV's. That way top fighters fight every 3-4 months (like they do anyway) and don't have to rush it. It would work the best overall. Because you can see the up and comers in that division and see how they compair to the champ that night. Plus it would sort out number 1 contenders easily. And make more high profile names/ superstars.
I know Kos' health has been going up and down since he said he wanted to fight 6 times this year. I think a restriction should be made. Because a fighter will fight as often as they can because they want to make as much money as possible.
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Post by otto on Nov 17, 2009 18:43:59 GMT -5
god dammit... i think the strikeforce president put a curse on the UFC  |
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Post by Kliquid on Nov 17, 2009 19:43:17 GMT -5
This is why as odd as it seems I think they should have weightclass PPV's. That way top fighters fight every 3-4 months (like they do anyway) and don't have to rush it. It would work the best overall. Because you can see the up and comers in that division and see how they compair to the champ that night. Plus it would sort out number 1 contenders easily. And make more high profile names/ superstars. I know Kos' health has been going up and down since he said he wanted to fight 6 times this year. I think a restriction should be made. Because a fighter will fight as often as they can because they want to make as much money as possible. Unfortunately, some of the weight classes just don't "sell" like the others. It would be potentially disastrous to have 'weight class' pay per views. |
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