couture out of ufc 105

[gardenweasel]

The injury bug continues to bite, and this time is bit hard.

UFC light heavyweight Randy Couture (16-10 MMA, 13-7 UFC) is the latest victim, and an injured back has forced "The Natural" out of his scheduled contest with Brandon Vera (11-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) at UFC 105 in Manchester, England.

The morning a source from inside Couture?s training camp notified MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) of the injury, and Ariel Helwani of AOL FanHouse has since confirmed that herniated discs have forced Couture out of action for approximately five weeks.

Couture and Vera were slotted for the main event of UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera on Nov. 14 at The Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.

It is assumed that UFC officials will announce a replacement opponent shortly, though no names have been rumored at this point.

Vera seeks to return to the cage for the first time since his win over former IFL stand out Krzysztof Soszynski in August. Aside from a split decision loss to Keith Jardine in October 2008, Vera has won three of his four fights since moving down from heavyweight, which has included victories over notables such as Mike Patt, Reese Andy, and aforementioned Krzysztof Soszynski .

Meanwhile, Couture had hoped to snap a two fight losing streak. Couture has gone 2-2 in his latest stint at heavyweight losing to standouts Brock Lesnar and most recently Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. ?The Natural? was hoping to get back in the win column by returning to the light heavyweight division....

talk about your raggedy-assed mma cards....

 

[kegray1]

This could possibly be the weakest UFC card in the companies history.
Also it is on tape delay when airing in the US.
Pathetic.

Why do they even hold fights in England when all they do is put on a ton of crap shows over there?

It is time to scrap the whole UFC world wide experience.

 

[layinwood]

This is the exact reason why other MMA companies can't make it. The UFC will be hurt by this but they'll be able to throw someone in that has a name and can't draw some sort of crowd.

When the other companies have this happen(Affliction) they aren't deep enough to cover their asses. Not many places have a name like Josh Koschek that will step up and take fights on a short notice.

I'm actually suprised this doesn't happen more often with the way these guys have to train.

 

[The Sponge]

I think Vera camp just threw a party. By the way Weasel u ever see this thread?

http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383403

 

[gardenweasel]

I think Vera camp just threw a party. By the way Weasel u ever see this thread?

http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383403

i read the first post.....not sure what you were referring to.........neer?....if that`s it,yeah,he seems like more of a guy suited to lesser promotions,imo....

he puts on decent fights,but he`s pretty limited.....

i`ve been watching some videos,and,as great a wrestler as jake shields is(and he`s a great wrestler),his stand-up is so much worse than i originally thought(and i thought it was pretty bad)....

that said,i still don`t see him losing to mayhem miller....shields is a beast on the mat......i liked miller on that bully beatdown show...the guy`s a character...

 

[Tina Yothers]

Who the hell are they going to get on short notice from the LHW Division? That Division is already struggling with the Rampage deal.

 

[kickserv]

GW banned 19 minutes for not posting here:


http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383403

 

[Oddessa]

Turns out it's fake news....a troll.

Heard it was untrue cpl hrs ago after hearing a run off of the same BS article via phone..

Unfortunately I think they sucked alotta people in with the fake news story...

 

[kickserv]

GW banned another 29 minutes for posting untrue info:mj07:

 

[gardenweasel]

you guys sure?...i actually have the transcript of the conversation that took place between couture and his doctor...


doctor: "just when did you get this weak back?"

couture: "oh,about a week back.".....