It may sound like wishful thinking on the part of Frank Mir but the former UFC champ says the illness that Brock Lesnar is fighting may change his life forever. Is Mir objective? Who knows? But the man speaks from experience. The 30-year-old was on the fast track to MMA stardom when a nasty motorcycle [...]
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Martins Denis, UFC – The fighting career of Brazil’s Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares came to an abrupt halt when he terribly injured his left leg in May. The injury, a fracture of his tibia while wrestling, forced him to the sidelines for more than three months and was just another difficult hurdle to be added to [...] Strikeforce lightweight Josh Thomson’s (16-2) broken leg has not completely healed, and his Aug. 15 bout in San Jose, Calif., with Thomson today told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he wasn’t able to fully train for the unification bout, and additional sources close to the contest have UFC submission aces Rousimar Palhares (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Thiago Tavares (14-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will eye fall returns to action after being forced to withdraw from summer bouts due to injury. An elbow injury forced Tavares out of his The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale bout with Melvin Guillard, while Palhares had been scheduled to [...] |
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