Injury forces Roger Gracie to withdraw from Sengoku 5
by Jesse Holland on Sep 17, 2008 10:05 PM EDT
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu wizard Roger Gracie has withdrawn from his heavyweight fight against MMA legend Travis "Diesel" Wiuff at Sengoku 5 due to an injury sustained in training according to Sherdog.com.
Gracie (2-0) was set to compete at the September 28 event until an errant kick during sparring caused an intermuscular tear to the intercostal muscle between the sixth and seventh left ribs.
Sengoku officials have not yet announced a replacement for Gracie but are expected to keep Wiuff (53-11) on the card.
Below is the updated fight card for Sengoku 5:
Travis Wiuff (53-11) vs. TBA (0-0)
Xande Ribeiro (0-0) vs. Takashi Sugiura (1-2)
Lightweight Fights:
Ryan Schultz (20-10-1) vs. Jorge Masvidal (13-3)
Kiuma Kunioku (33-22-9) vs. A Sol Kwon (5-3)
Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round:
Yuki Sasaki (21-14-1) vs Yuki Kondo (49-22-6)
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (16-11) vs Siyar Bahadurzada (13-3-1)
Jorge Santiago (17-7) vs Logan Clark (11-2)
Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-8) vs Paul Cahoon (10-11)
Sengoku 5 will take place on September 28 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
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Most specific injury in history?
“an intermuscular tear to the intercostal muscle between the sixth and seventh left ribs.”
by DirtyML on Sep 17, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wiuff got lucky because he would have been tapping.
by the_mexicutioner on Sep 17, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this doesn’t exactly look like a barn burner.
by naturalshadow on Sep 18, 2008 5:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
These Sengoku tourneys have nothing on what DREAM sets up.
by Big E on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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