UFC Quick Quote: Minotauro describes accident that led to back scar
by MMAmania.com on Jul 7, 2007 1:22 PM EDT
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"When I was 11 years old, I was hit by a truck. I was behind the truck and we were playing. The guy put on the truck and pulled back in reverse very fast. I couldn't get out of the way. And the tire come through my body, my belly, my legs and my shoulders. I was in the hospital for 11 months. I was in a coma for one week. I had a lot of surgeries. I broke the muscles off my lungs. I had a hard time there. I couldn't walk for almost one year. They said I wouldn't be able to walk. I did a lot of physical therapy to do that again. ... That's why I build up my body and I start to to do swimming, Judo. I think that helps to build up my body. But the accident makes my heart tough. That's what I think."
-- UFC heavyweight fighter Antonio Rodrigo "Big Nog" Nogueira tells the Orange County Register about the childhood tractor trailer accident that nearly killed him and left a major scar on the right side of his back. "Minotauro" is set to make his Octagon debut at UFC 73: "Stacked" tonight against Heath Herring.
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Agreed, I mean damn, getting run over by a tractor, then growing up to whoop 205 lbs dudes arses! Savage.
by [w153r] on Jul 7, 2007 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
“I broke the muscles off my lungs.”
That is brutal stuff.
by nvandy89 on Jul 7, 2007 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
This guy is a savage, and will be succeful tonight
by Stafo on Jul 7, 2007 3:14 PM EDT reply actions
Thats only a part of the story. In the process of some needed knee operations (due to that accident) a doctor forgot some medical stuff in his knee and nearly ruined it. So basically he only has half a liver or something, was nearly blind on one eye, one knee is fucked up beyond repair and yet he is a TOP3 Heavyweight in one of the toughest sports out there.
People give Randy mad props for achieving what he did in his age – Big Nog deserves twice that much respect.
by YouTapped on Jul 7, 2007 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
Well, I guess he doesnt have to be afraid of what anyone in the UFC can do to him…
by Luppers on Jul 7, 2007 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
He is the toughest guy i have ever seen in MMA. The ground and pound he endured with Fedor was unreal.
by Tons on Jul 7, 2007 7:27 PM EDT reply actions
For Tapper:
There’s any source to support all that? And the “nearly blind on one eye” is 100% false. He denied it himself so many times…
by Freikorp on Apr 20, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions
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