UFC 70: Forrest Griffin out with staph infection

This blows. Could’ve been fight of the night.

who are we thinking for replacements (the dean of mean)
i really have no idea

Staph infections can get bad if not diagnosed or treated right away. It has sidelined NFL players for months, for example. Better we know now than two weeks prior. At least the UFC has time to find a solid replacement that can train right for the fight. I like the Jardine match up….no one else is intriguing. Unless you give Machida Bisping and have it be a real fight. SINOSIC IS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God I hope Dana White reads this site.

I HAVEheard people say rampage i would love that give chuck time to get better and rampage gets his fight
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rashaud?

somebody a little scared of loosing two in a row

i think you might be right joe…as a forrest fan i was real nervous he was gonna lose two in a row, but i don’t think i would have damaged his rep too much because machida is a bmf…it sucks we don’t get to see this fight now, but smart move by forrest i think…

I say bring in Hammill who fought only a round at 68 to fight Machida and let the Bisping-Hammill fued begin. They both could hype up a possible fight at the 70 event by talking trash about how neither was impressed with the others fight and have it on the next England card. It might look kind of dumb though if Hammill were to lose to Machida which is what I think would happen.

dudes, he wouldnt have taken the fight in the first place if he didnt want it, its not like he didnt know who machida was, then all the sudden found out and got scared…Forrest is a hard ass…i dont think hes scared to lose, obviously he thought he could get back on track with a win over a tough guy, but staph is no joke….but i dont like any other fight, i wanted to see thi fight, i thought forrest could get a win…id say rampage…then if he wins he is definately deserving of a title shot

DAMN FORREST…….YOU BASTARD. THEY BETTER REPLACE HIM WITH SOMEONE GOOD!!!

How are you gonna tell the ufc, ‘no I don’t want to fight him?’ Instead he takes the fight and bows out due to stapf. A hard ass huh? Was that before during or after his explosion of tears and running away crying on camera? He would have lost this fight anyway.

Pressure gets to you…when youre the most liked guy in the ufc, which he is (was)..pressure gets to you…example matt hughes Penn 1…emotions get to you…you lose a fight to a guy you werent supposed to lose to in front of everyone that wanted and expected you to win, and you lose not becuase he didnt work his ass of but he got caught..emotions dude…nothing bad about that, emotions can work for you too.. If staph is slowing his training down, or maybe even doctors are telling him to back out, then yeah..no sense going in and fighting an important fight when you knwo this far ahead of time youre not gonna be able to perform your best…hard ass yes…the dude had his arm broken in a fight, and didnt give up and Koed the dude…hes tough as hell, and i think he would have taken it to machida

Yeah pressure is hard on everyone. However Matt and BJ 1? That was pure domination and almost happened in there second fight, if he didn’t get his (bj) rib broke seperated or whatever. Now I never had stapf but have seen tons of it in jail and other then the contagiouness of it I don’t see how it stops him from training. You can run, lift weights and even spar just not really grapple and its cured fairly easily. Now don’t get me wrong, I like Forrest. I just don’t Ever see him being a champion of anything except Tuff 1. and he did remind me of some dang movie where the guy runs crying flailing his arms by his side.

I wasnt talking about the actual fight with hughes bj, i was talking about the post interview with hughes..when he was kinda releived he lossed, becuase the pressure of being a champ and winning all the time is so high for someone so popular…I understand that it was weird seeing him do that..it was like seeing your own friend get beat up, or cry and make an ass out of himself…but you are still gonna stick with the friend, and try to look at it from their point of view…not saying im friends with forrest, i will root for him vs anyone though….But again that a different subject, I dont think he would have pulled becuase he thought he was gonna lose, and i know hes not afraid of pain…thats all im saying…and i have seen some bad staph…and a bad knee is not something to fuck with when fighting a guy your are probably gonna go to the ground with

if the staph is in the knee joint it is no joke. some people need to go under general anesthsia just to have the surgeon drain the pus from these. i dont know how bad his is, but this shit can be bad.

Im not dogging Griffen i like him i just think he new like every one else Lyoto is on a whole another level,

Spent like 1250 dollars for tickets/hotel and flight over there from sweden. And im pretty pissed to miss both Tito and Forrest who was both on the card to start with, maybe Tito just was a rumour but anyways. In general this is getting worse. And a injury or something else to any of the three topnames close to april 21 will destroy the feeling of going to see UFC live.

BidSwede

I fell your pain dude i got tickets aswell, but look on the bright side Arlovski and Cro Cop will be there so its still an awesome card.