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[vcfan]

Three to six months? That's clearly wishful thinking. Corey Hill was 30 years old when he destroyed his leg and took a year. GSP took over a year to recover from his knee injury. 2015 is a more realistic return date.

 

If he comes back, and that's a big IF that only Anderson can answer, who will he fight in the MW division? He's in a weird spot right now and the division will (finally) move forward without him.

the official UFC statement also stated he'll be out 3-6 months. it sounds like it was such a clean break,and not much damage to soft tissue.

[D. S. Veteran]

the official UFC statement also stated he'll be out 3-6 months. it sounds like it was such a clean break,and not much damage to soft tissue.

 

 

Recovery time for such injuries may vary between three and six months.

 

Like I said, 2015 is a realistic (and very optimistic) timeline for an Anderson Silva return. Even if he healed perfectly and did it in 3 months, he would still need another 3 months of rehab and another 6 months until he got his training in order to be in fighting shape. That is if the injury doesn't destroy his fitness, like it did to Mark Mu?oz.

 

 

Took him 5 months to get back into shape in the time he was out (a whole year) due to his elbow injury. Imagine if he had injured his leg, making him unable to run.

 

While this goes on, the UFC gets a much needed breath of fresh air in the WW and MW divisions that gets contenders going and titles moving around.

[Kriz]

3-6 months recovery, thats before rehab im assuming then back to training.. Gonna definately be looking at 2015 IF he does decide to even return, definately leaves him with a few decisions to make

[vcfan]

of course im not suggesting he will be headlining a PPV in 3-6 months, only that he would be back to training.his coach in the article even states the same thing, that after this timeframe, he can train normally again.

[D. S. Veteran]

While that is going on, Weidman vs Belfort is going ahead. The issue with making that fight happen will certainly be Vitor's TRT.

 

 

We also have this card going down on January 4th. It's the first card of 2014 and the first card to ever be aired on the new UFC service: UFC Fight Pass. It will show every fight so no more switching channels to catch all of the bouts.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

Tatsuya Kawajiri is going to crush some poor guy making his UFC debut this Friday. Too bad Hacran Dias got injured, that would've been a fairer fight.

[Kriz]

Looking to be a decent event, theres a few good'ns in January :)

[Kriz]

http://mmajunkie.com/2013/12/surgeon-says-anderson-silva-could-train-again-in-six-to-nine-months-and-is-asking-when-he-can-return/

 

weeeey :D

[D. S. Veteran]

Looking to be a decent event, theres a few good'ns in January :)

 

3 free events with the PPV coming up on February 1st for the unification of the BW title (finally!).

[trag3dy]

 

I was hoping this video would explain how long it takes to recover from such an injury and the likely hood of him being able to perform at the same level he used to when recovered but it doesn't.

[D. S. Veteran]

I was hoping this video would explain how long it takes to recover from such an injury and the likely hood of him being able to perform at the same level he used to when recovered but it doesn't.

 

The UFC is keeping Silva in the collective minds because his (possible) return would be PPV gold. Looking at things from a financial perspective, Silva's injury represents an extremely heavy loss for the UFC. Dominick Cruz can't draw PPV buys to save his life, Mighty Mouse same, Jos? Aldo the same (he needs to get some new highlights in the UFC cage, not old WEC footage), Pettis can't keep himself healthy, GSP (UFC's #1 PPV draw) is out of the picture, Jones is a reasonable enough draw but doesn't have any interesting fights available, and Cain is iffy at best and pretty much always injured. That leaves Ronda but her potential is limited due to lack of marquee opponents.

 

The UFC is in quite a pickle for their PPV schedule in 2014 and they need Silva badly to patch it up. That or Brock Lesnar returning.

 

As for tonight's event, everyone made weight and everything is on track.

 

Main Card

Tarec Saffiedine (170) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (171)

Tatsuya Kawajiri (145) vs. Sean Soriano (145)

Luiz Dutra (171) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (171)

Kyung Ho Kang (136) vs. Shunichi Shimizu (135)

Preliminary Card

Will Chope (146) vs. Max Holloway (146)

Katsunori Kikuno (156) vs. Quinn Mulhern (155)

Dave Galera (136) vs. Royston Wee (134)

Tae Hyun Bang (156) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (155)

Dustin Kimura (135) vs. Jon Delos Reyes (135)

Russell Doane (135) vs. Leandro Issa (136)

 

Everything is airing on UFC Fight Pass.

 

 

Somebody is going to get crushed.

[D. S. Veteran]

Dominick Cruz out of UFC 169 with torn groin, vacates bantamweight title; Urijah Faber to rematch Renan Barao

 

Dominick Cruz, the glassiest champion ever, finally relinquishes the title. He could've done so in the past year and provided the BW division a chance to move forward but noooooo, he had to be the champ all this time. And now he's not and just tanked (even further) a very weak PPV, at least sales wise.

[Kriz]

Well the UFC in singapore was poor, most exciting thing was those 2 illegal elbows.

 

Expected that with Cruz in all fairness, never expected to see him back anytime soon, 2 years out cant be good for anyone and now this? Goood call vacating the title

[D. S. Veteran]

Well the UFC in singapore was poor, most exciting thing was those 2 illegal elbows.

 

Expected that with Cruz in all fairness, never expected to see him back anytime soon, 2 years out cant be good for anyone and now this? Goood call vacating the title

 

Terrible call, Dana probably forced him to do it. He should've vacated way earlier so the division could move forward.

[Kriz]

Terrible call, Dana probably forced him to do it. He should've vacated way earlier so the division could move forward.

Pretty sure Dana made the call regardless of what Cruz had to say about the situation, Barao undisputed champ as should've been for a while!

[D. S. Veteran]

 

Now it's the X-Cam. How edgy :rolleyes:

[MightyJordan]

Now it's the X-Cam. How edgy :rolleyes:

At least it isn't the same as TNA's short-lived X Cam. ;)

 

[D. S. Veteran]

Titan Fighting Championship begins anew with event headlined by Ricci vs. Gurgel on CBS Sports Network

 

Titan FC is moving out of the HW freakshow business into the televised minor league MMA business. Good for them. Good for Mike Ricci as well, landed on his feet.

[D. S. Veteran]

 

 

:wub:

[Rappy Veteran]

[trag3dy]

http://youtu.be/pdv4-os8cyg

[D. S. Veteran]

http://youtu.be/pdv4-os8cyg

 

Surprised the UFC hasn't posted Lamas vs Swanson for free on their YouTube. Most of the people will say "Ricardo who!?". Lamas last fight was in January of 2013 on a FOX card. This PPV is going to tank :/

[D. S. Veteran]

Mauricio Zingano, husband and head coach of Cat Zingano commits suicide at age 37

 

:| This is incredibly shocking. I'm speechless.

[Rappy Veteran]

Mauricio Zingano, husband and head coach of Cat Zingano commits suicide at age 37

 

:| This is incredibly shocking. I'm speechless.

 

WTF :|

[D. S. Veteran]

Referees giving English instructions to brazilian fighters and not allowing them to consult their translator is a trend that must be stopped.