Is Intense Sparring Really to Blame for the Recent Rash of UFC Injuries?

(The gold don't come for free.) By Elias Cepeda Can you remember a time when the UFC has had more major injuries suffered by fighters in significant upcoming bouts at any other point than it has this spring? The heck if we can. So you can’t blame UFC President Dana White for being a little desperate to find answers as he and his matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby scramble to find replacement after replacement for televised bouts. Here’s a brief rundown of some of the fighters who have pulled out of scheduled fights due to injury since last month: - Chad Griggs from his fight with Phil Davis - Yoshihiro Akiyama from his fight with Alves, and then Alves himself. - Brian Stann from a fight with debuting Hector Lombard. - Michael Bisping from his fight with Tim Boetsch. - Thiago Silva from a scheduled bout with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. - Jon Fitch from his bout against Aaron Simpson. - Vitor Belfort from his rematch with Wanderlei Silva. - Jose Aldo from his title defense against Erik Koch. White recently seemed to put the blame for such injuries on fighters sparring too hard against one another in training camp: “You have so many talented guys out there now all in the same camp, going at it like they're fighting for the title. These guys need to tone it down in training a bit and stop hurting each other,” he said. White’s anxiety over the recent rash of injuries is understandable but is he correct in diagnosing the cause? Are the majority of these injuries simply the result of training partners going too hard on each other? Or does Dana imploring fighters to “stop hurting each other,” make about as much sense as him telling fans who don’t have Fuel TV and have trouble watching UFC events to “figure that shit out”?

Source: http://www.cagepotato.com/is-intense-sparring-really-to-blame-for-the-recent-rash-of-ufc-injuries/

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