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Conor McGregor oroar sig för hjärnskador

Lättviktsmästaren Conor McGregor tar just nu en paus från sporten för att vila upp sig och ta hand om flickvännen Dee Devlin som väntar barn.

Tränaren Jonh Kavanagh berättar nu om McGregors oro för hjärnskador, som upprepade slag mot huvudet i MMA kan medföra.

Via ’Independent.co.uk’

It’s a concern of every fighter. At that level of fighting the risk is very real. But, I think you can add on two hands the number of clean head shots Conor has taken in 10 years of pro-fighting. His style of fighting answers that, because his style is not brawling. He doesn’t step in the pocket and exchange punches. His style is in-and-out — he’s very defensive. That style was born through not wanting to lose and not wanting to take head shots, and not wanting to damage the software.

Professorn Dan Healy berättar att han sett 5 fall av hjärnskador bland irländska utövare. Förra året avled den unge portugisiske fightern Joao Carvalho efter att han gick match i Irland, vilket påverkade McGregor.

Det här skrev McGregor om händelsen på Facebook:

Terrible news regarding Joao Carvalho.
To see a young man doing what he loves, competing for a chance at a better life, and then to have it taken away is truly heartbreaking.
We are just men and women doing something we love in the hope of a better life for ourselves and our families. Nobody involved in combat sports of any kind wants to see this. It is such a rare occurrence that I don’t know how to take this.
I was ringside supporting my teammate, and the fight was so back and forth, that I just can’t understand it.

My condolences go out to Joao’s family and his team. Their man was a hell of a fighter and will be sorely missed by all.
Combat sport is a crazy game and with the recent incident in boxing and now this in MMA, it is a sad time to be a fighter and a fight fan.
It is easy for those on the outside to criticise our way of living, but for the millions of people around the world who have had their lives, their health, their fitness and their mental strength all changed for the better through combat, this is truly a bitter pill to swallow. We have lost one of us.

I hope we remember Joao as a champion, who pursued his dream doing what he loved, and show him the eternal respect and admiration he deserves.

Rest in peace, Joao.

Irländaren har tidigare berättat att han avser att tjäna så mycket pengar som han kan inom sporten för att gå i pension ung och ta hand om sin familj.

Senast vi såg McGregor mötte han Eddie Alvarez och blev den nye lättviktsmästaren i UFCefter att han segrade via knockout i andra ronden.

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