damn that sucks, i like jake o’brien, i didn’t think that fight had much of a chance of getting shown anyway though, i hope he gets that shit worked out, “spinal injury” sounds pretty serious…

Report: Jake O’Brien forced off UFC 72 fight card with spinal injury…

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Health & Life are far more important than any and all sports put together..I love training and competing..but i love living healthy much more. I hope he will recover and if God’s willing..have him compete once again…Life before Fight..

I like Jake O’Brien, he did a damn good job against Heath. Hopefully he can recover quickly, and come back fighting hard.

O’Brien is a blanket, and that “fight” against Herring was one of the worst I’ve seen, and that goes for both of them. I know O’Brien is young, but learn to throw a punch, pass guard or attempt a submission for god’s sake. And after 20-something professional fights Herring should have some clue about what to do when his opponent keeps taking him down. AA-Sylvia 3 was worse, but only because it wasted 25 minutes of my life instead of 15.

damn that sucks, i like jake o’brien, i didn’t think that fight had much of a chance of getting shown anyway though, i hope he gets that shit worked out, “spinal injury” sounds pretty serious…

Really serious. Possible career ending injury. I like Jake also but realisticly it seems like this guys done

Yeah, god bless him. Spine injury isnt a term Id be comfortable hearing.

O’Brien is a blanket, and that “fight” against Herring was one of the worst I’ve seen, and that goes for both of them. I know O’Brien is young, but learn to throw a punch, pass guard or attempt a submission for god’s sake. And after 20-something professional fights Herring should have some clue about what to do when his opponent keeps taking him down. AA-Sylvia 3 was worse, but only because it wasted 25 minutes of my life instead of 15.

My thoughts exactly! I could care less about this kids fighting career at this point in time. However a spinal injury is something serious. Hopefully all is well with his health.

yeah that really sucks no matter what you are doing in life.

Hopefully everything turns out alright with this guy. But, I won’t be missing this fight much. Franklin Okami is really the only one worth watching.

UFC 72 just gets better and better don’t it.

He has stingers really, not a massive spinal injury. They are curable, but I dont think he’ll be MMAing anytime soon. God Bless the man. I hate how he fights, but he is a nice guy.

Perhaps Shogun will jump in, If he does Ill watch this event.

Man, all this hating on Jake O’Brien. The guy isn’t half bad people. Sure the win might be a bit boring. But cut him some slack. He’s 22 for heaven’s sake. He’s still growing in the fight game. Couture’s almost twice his age and he just added some Chute Boxe to his camp; so even Randy feels like he has a thing or two to learn yet. How much more Jake O’Brien?

Man, all this hating on Jake O’Brien. The guy isn’t half bad people. Sure the win might be a bit boring. But cut him some slack. He’s 22 for heaven’s sake. He’s still growing in the fight game. Couture’s almost twice his age and he just added some Chute Boxe to his camp; so even Randy feels like he has a thing or two to learn yet. How much more Jake O’Brien?

I totally agree, if a relative newcomer like Obrian has to beat a hardened veteran like Herring by dominating position, than thats fine, I fault Herring more, for sucking so bad he could do anything about it, the blanket, the take downs, and the grappling as a whole period. Jake is soooo young I didnt realize, he aint gonna be confident enough yet to bash people from the guard ala Ortiz.

UFC 72 better have some cheerleaders or something because its not looking to bright.

Yea Jakes fight with Herring was a little boring but he is young. I used to wrestle with Jake and his ground game is amazing although it does lack confidence when it comes to ground and pound. I did see him box a few times and destroy some out of state folks at a local arena. He does have a stand up but I dont think he is confident with it… and why would you be if nobody has stopped your takedown