Forne mellanviktsmästaren Michael Bisping är inte övertygad om att Ben Askren går i pension på grund av sina höftproblem. Askren förvånade många fans med det oväntade beskedet att han lägger handskarna på hyllan, efter att hans läkare ska ha berättat att han måste byta ut höftkotan.
Bisping menar att Askren skulle kunna fortsätta efter en sådan operation om han verkligen vill det.
Via ’MMANews’:
Anyone out there, you ask any doctor, they will tell you, hip replacement/knee replacement, not even in the same category… not even anywhere close in the same category as recovery, rehab, pain endured through said process. Any doctor will tell you. People are coming up to me going, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s right. I had a hip replacement,’ and I just want to go, ‘Ohhh, don’t talk to me about your hip replacement, OK? I had a knee replacement, knee replacement!
Hip replacement is nothing. I scoff at a hip replacement. I laugh at a hip replacement. I have no sympathy. Quick operation. My mom recovered from one, no problem. My dad had one, doesn’t even mention it.
Askren fick under sin tid i UFC 1-2, med en seger mot forne welterviktsmästaren Robbie Lawler i debuten, sedan en förlust mot Jorge Masvidal och senast Demian Maia i Singapore.
It’s probably a good idea if he’s retiring because my mom has stronger hips than Ben Askren. Simple as that. My old, frail, flailing mother has stronger hips, can sprawl better than Ben Askren.
I’m a big fan of the guy. I’d like to still see him fight. I’m sure he could earn some money. But I think from a competitive standpoint, he came over and it wasn’t a good year. And he’s like, ‘You know what? I’m gonna move on.
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