The 55-year-old UFC commentator Joe Rogan talks about the scariest injuries in MMA. Rogan joined the UFC in 1997 as an interviewer and color commentator and has witnessed fighters undergo serious injuries over the years. While talking on The Joe Rogan Experience with UFC bantamweight Cory Sandhagen, Rogan detailed how some fighters’ careers took a turn for the worst, with injuries caused during the fight. When an MMA fighter suffers an injury, it takes months and sometimes years, to recover. In some worst scenarios, the injury haunts the fighters for a lifetime.
Undoubtedly, a fighter puts himself in serious danger every time they set out to bout against an opponent who would be equally tough. This factor makes the UFC commentator appreciate the willpower of each fighter, but at the same time, damage happening to a fighter’s body is indeed a matter of concern. After a bout, every contender might go through some minor to major injuries. However, some of them are nothing less than nightmares, like the injury that happened to UFC superstar Conor McGregor. In JRE, Rogan details those injuries that are the scariest including the one suffered by the Irishman.
Conor McGregor’s injury tops the list for Joe Rogan
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In the JRE MMA show #138 with Cory Sandhagen, Rogan discussed the scariest injuries in MMA. He said, “The scariest injury to me in MMA is the shin break. Yeah, that’s a wild one, man. We’ve seen that three or four times. Now, and every time you see it, the guys really never the same again and the Conor one is fascinating to me because we haven’t seen, I’ve seen him sparring and it looks like he’s like using that left leg and throwing kicks and everything. But how is that going to hold up in an actual fight?“
After talking about Conor McGregor’s injury, he went on to talk about the injury suffered by Chris Weidman.”Look at Chris Weidman. He’s still f*ked. It’s been two years. I mean, you had real problems with that. He had to get it reset because the bones weren’t they weren’t healing together properly. It’s a, it’s a fu*king nightmare.“
The severe injury of the Irishman
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The UFC superstar Conor McGregor suffered a broken tibia in his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. Poirier and McGregor locked horns for the third time, and it was indeed a crucial bout for the Irishman. However, the fight was stopped after round one by the ringside doctor because of the Notorious’ leg injury.
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He has not fought a single bout ever since the injury. However, the UFC community hopes that the UFC superstar will be back in the octagon later this year against the three-time Bellator lightweight champion, Michael Chandler.
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