UFC just isn’t for the faint-hearted. This sport consists of getting battered up each single time you step into the octagon. It looks as if there have been a couple of fighters who had been preventing within the UFC 307 with fairly critical circumstances. As an illustration, Sean O’Malley fought with a hip damage whereas Alex Pereira fought and received his combat towards Khalil Rountree Jr with injured ribs and weak spot from viral fever. Equally, Kayla Harrison involved the followers, media, and even UFC head honcho Dana White earlier than getting contained in the Octagon for UFC 307.
As per a revelation to MMA Combating on October 7, the 34-year-old confessed, “I needed to go to the hospital final week. There was blood in my urine. I had a very unhealthy an infection that began spreading. I used to be on antibiotics. I had blood in my urine. It was a bunch of stuff occurring however it’s not an excuse. I’ve to be the perfect on this planet on my worst day.”
Regardless of the alarming situation and an enormous lower on her brow in the course of the combat courtesy of opponent Ketlen Vieira’s elbow—her first ever throughout a combat—Harrison pulled off a unanimous win.
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Nonetheless, Dana White addressed the well being points at the DWCS: Post-Fight Press Conference. He mentioned, “If any person is harm or shouldn’t compete, they need to completely come to us and allow us to . The reality of the matter is it’s just like the NFL each Sunday, these athletes at all times have one thing occurring. These are issues… I imply, we had been simply speaking a couple of weeks in the past, you requested me about Sean’s hip and after the combat evening he had a damaged toe and popped cartilage. I imply you gotta assume that each Saturday.”
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Notably, after the combat, Harrison admitted that she was not at her greatest and was upset together with her efficiency even when she received. The previous two-time PFL Champion dominated her opponent on the bottom however failed to attain a end. Nonetheless, there isn’t any doubt that Harrison aka ‘Doug’ is an absolute freak of an athlete with an 18-1 file. She additionally has been seen as an amazing matchup towards Amanda Nunes and Dana White was requested about the identical.
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Dana White feedback on Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison’s matchup
The UFC head honcho was inadvertently asked about this matchup. The reporters requested in the course of the current Contender Collection presser whether or not there was an opportunity of the Olympic Gold medallist preventing Nunes.
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Nonetheless, the UFC head honcho didn’t have a correct reply to it and mentioned, “I don’t know. I don’t know… There are nonetheless numerous issues that need to occur for that combat [Nunes vs Kayla Harrison] to even occur, to find out what weight class it will likely be at. It’s inconceivable.” The bout would undoubtedly be large, however Harrison may need to take motion to begin the dialog concerning taking up one of many best fighters in ladies’s MMA historical past.
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If Nunes comes again in any respect, it might most likely be for the title. That leaves Harrison with the duty of securing the title from Julianna Pena, who known as out the retired Nunes as an alternative of Harrison, who had simply competed and received at UFC 307.
What are your ideas on a fighter’s accidents and well being throughout occasions? Is it inevitable to not be at 100% throughout a UFC combat? Drop your feedback beneath.
