Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-85.255.234.234-20180402024853/@comment-32783267-20180402151923

If we were to believe what the sources said, Tony turned sharply while walking to greet his friend in excitement at a media studio and tripped then torn his LCL completely from his bones... First of all, I'm not a medical expert but if such simple accident triggered a catastrophic injury.. then Tony probably would not be able to fight at his peak performance at all. One of the above comments mentioned of Tony kicking metal pipes.. but if you 'look into it' you will see that Tony did deadlifts on Bosu balls, elbowing metalic objects, kneeing a large tire, and swinging hammer on a Yoga ball and many others. I assumed that such drastic 'conditioning' took its toll on Tony's joints and his body finally snapped, like tearing his PCL, from tripping like that. But we might get some light on the matter sooner or later. (Source: based on my own experience.. still can't return to my old days..)

@Justme28

Nice photo lol. Holloway is a G (not in a Gi) for stepping in like that, with an obvious injury (you can see him limping a little in that airport video). A sad thing is that he's apparently on his own.. not even got a private jet from UFC.. this is the man with more than 10 fight win streak and the reigning, defending, and undisputed FTW champion and he still hasn't got his own hometown event.. unlike you know who from WW..

As for Conor, he won't step in for various reasons. To begin with, UFC is definitely banking on Khabib to smesh Tony so they could have Conor vs. Khabib in Russia. However, Tony proved to be a big wrench in the 'bigger scope plan', especially if he beats Khabib ('s annoying bandwagoners) but now with Tony being out (unfortunately) UFC has a win-win-win situation for all as regardless of the winner, UFC can promote the hell out of it with their upcoming fight (which is a certainty) with Conor. And Khabib can theoretically dominate Holloway, whose pressure/volume-based in-fighting plays right into Khabib's game, especially with his injury then the hype train turns into a hype bullet-train with everyone onboard towards the inevitable UFC Russia.. unless Max somehow upsets Khabib (which is possible as he has superior striking than Nurmy and doesn't backpeddle too much like Barboza did, which sapped some power out of his landed shots).. then Max becomes a champ champ (ironic?) and the hype would be on overdrive with the eventual showdown between the current (defending) FTW/LW champ and the former FTW/LW champ.. Even with losing, Max's stock will go up for obvious reasons and he will be promised a UFC Hawaii.. probably. See! Definitely a win-win-win for all with just an astrik on Khabib's win depending on which Holloway shows up, the healthy or still injured one.

P.S : That's why they didn't even contact Conor in the first place and went for Max instead because of the reasons stated above.. and also Tony isn't getting younger and Dana seems to be actually pleased with him getting freak injured like that outta nowhere.. which is how I read his expression from the vid. I sent my regards to NCE Tony..... Also on unrelated note, why am I keep getting visions of Colby smeshing RDA (a la Khabib) since yesterday.. Goddammit.. help me guys!

''Fun fact : All UFC events starting from UFC 221, had their main events scrapped with the champs getting injured or ill... UFC 224 might dodge the bullet as there aren't too much hype except for still not confirmed RDA/Colby.. though anything is possible especially with shit like this... and for UFC 225...''