Efter Jon Jones senaste vinst mot Vitor Belfort under förra lördagens ”UFC 152”-gala bekräftade Jones att han skadade sin arm i samband med armlåsförsöket som Belfort gick på i den första ronden. Den första rapporten pekade på att Jones kanske hade slitet av delar av bicepsmuskeln som skulle innebära en längre tids frånvaro för den regerande mästaren.
Dana White berättade dock igår att skadan inte alls var så allvarlig som man hade befarat i första undersökningen.
Reports I’ve heard is that it was better than we thought. Not that good (that he could fight in December), but we’ll see. I don’t know all the details yet, but it’s nothing horrible – or I would’ve heard already. He wanted to see his doctor first. Then we’ll fly him out to the West Coast and he’ll see our doctor. I just don’t see him being out that long. It doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that bad. Believe me, if it was going to be that (long), he’d be in some serious pain and we’d know. I don’t think it’s going to be that bad – which is amazing, considering that armbar.
Jones huvudtränare Greg Jackson berättade för Sherdog.com att det inte rörde sig om armbrott eller att armbågen hoppat ur led, utan att det var förmodligen en sträckt musklerna kring armbågen.
It didn’t dislocate or anything. I’m sure it’s just strained, and maybe a bursa sac or two went out, but I don’t think it’s going to be anything major.
We had trained for the armbars. Vitor’s really, really good at it and was able to lock it on before Jon could really get his counter in. It was incredibly quick, and that’s a testament to Vitor’s skill. We had watched him and trained for it, but he was fast. He caught Jon, and Jon was able to work out of it, but yeah, it was very impressive that we were ready for it and [Belfort] still got it.
Det är fortfarande oklart vem som kommer att bli Jones nästa utmanare, men det mesta pekar på att det står mellan någon av dessa fyra herrar; Alexander Gustafsson, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio ”Shogun” Rua och Dan Henderson.
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