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UFC 163 medical suspensions: Headliners Aldo, Jung get lengthy terms

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 02:50:00 +0000

As pictures indicated, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo suffered a serious foot injury that could keep him out of action for three months. The UFC 163 medical suspensions, which MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently requested and today received, indicate Aldo has been given a 90-day term, including 60 days with no contact for a fracture of his right foot. Chan Sung Jung , who challenged Aldo at this past Saturday’s pay-per-view event, could be out even longer. He was suspended 180 days or until cleared by a doctor for a shoulder dislocation that helped bring a halt to the title fight in the fourth round when Aldo took advantage after seeing the injury and earned a TKO stoppage. UFC 163 took place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Its main card aired live on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook

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UFC Champ Jon Jones Returns from Injury, Begins Training for Alexander Gustafsson

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:03:33 +0000

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been sidelined ever since his UFC 159 victory over Chael Sonnen . That is, he had been sidelined until Tuesday. The champ injured his toe in the first-round drubbing of Sonnen on April 27 in New Jersey. Limping over to do his post-fight interview with UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan, Jones’ toe was jutting out at an unnatural angle, bleeding, the bone trying to sneak a peak through his skin. It caused more than a few stomachs to churn when the cameras focused on his injured foot. The injury, which most believed was a fracture, was actually a severe dislocation. That ended up being a more questionable proposition for healing than the fracture would have been, but Jones recuperated rather quickly, and has already returned to training.

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira avoids injury in UFC on FUEL TV 10 loss

BAD MMA News — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:15:00 +0000

FORTALEZA, BRAZIL – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was a no-show at Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 10 post-fight press conference, but the veteran heavyweight avoided any serious injuries. Nogueira (34-8-1 MMA, 5-4 UFC), who suffered a loss to Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in the event’s FUEL TV-televised headliner, submitted to a second-round armbar as he was trapped in an awkward position in the clash of Brazilian grappling standouts. Nogueira was coming off a win over Dave Herman , but a bout prior, Frank Mir snapped his arm with a kimura. It was an ugly scene that was difficult for “Minotauro’s” fans to watch. This time around, though, the former champ avoided any serious injuries. “Our champion @Minotauromma already did an X-ray, and thank God, did not fracture (his arm) and is already out of the hospital,” his coach, Luiz Dorea, tweeted in Portuguese earlier this morning. Potential shoulder and arm injuries were both ruled out. Although his late career has been plagued by injuries and extended layoffs, the 37-year-old MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) prior to the fight that he was focused on one final title run and not on retirement.

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