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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/10/...-hurt-it-s-just-the-ego-of-joe-silva-mma-news
Mehdi Baghdad recently told Bloody Elbow he suffered a hernia before his fight with John Tuck in Manila. His manager called longtime UFC matchmaker the bad news, the manager was told if Baghdad pulled out of the fight, he would be cut.
“I was in emergency the night before I gave the bad news that I had to pull out,” Baghdad told BloodyElbow.com’s The MMA Circus. “I called my manager, my manager called Joe Silva. And Joe Silva just answered back like, ‘You need to pull out? We cut you.’ And my manager said, ‘Come on, man, you can’t do that! The doctor said that he has to do surgery; he can’t fight. And then he force himself to fight? He can't! He has to do surgery.' So my manager let me know. 'They need you to go fight, or you are fired.’”
“So I said, 'So let me choose in my head. I’m fired from UFC, or I’m f-cked up from fighting, because I can have a big problem if I fight with my hernia.’ I get the choice — my health is the first choice, I’m not going to fight with the hernia when the doctor told me I can’t.
“It's not just because I'm a little bit hurt here or somewhere. I had surgery last week, he opened my abdomen. It's not something I tried to lie, so I don't know, I don't understand.” - Mehdi Baghdad
I like Joe Silva, his reactions to a spectacular KO always cracked me up, but this bit of news seems is distressing.
I'm not saying Baghdad is the best fighter, but I thought he won that fight against Makessi, and the man had a real serious injury.
Joe Silva should have been a bit more understanding considering the situation.
The irony of all this, being the Manila card was eventually cancelled anyways...
Mehdi Baghdad recently told Bloody Elbow he suffered a hernia before his fight with John Tuck in Manila. His manager called longtime UFC matchmaker the bad news, the manager was told if Baghdad pulled out of the fight, he would be cut.
“I was in emergency the night before I gave the bad news that I had to pull out,” Baghdad told BloodyElbow.com’s The MMA Circus. “I called my manager, my manager called Joe Silva. And Joe Silva just answered back like, ‘You need to pull out? We cut you.’ And my manager said, ‘Come on, man, you can’t do that! The doctor said that he has to do surgery; he can’t fight. And then he force himself to fight? He can't! He has to do surgery.' So my manager let me know. 'They need you to go fight, or you are fired.’”
“So I said, 'So let me choose in my head. I’m fired from UFC, or I’m f-cked up from fighting, because I can have a big problem if I fight with my hernia.’ I get the choice — my health is the first choice, I’m not going to fight with the hernia when the doctor told me I can’t.
“It's not just because I'm a little bit hurt here or somewhere. I had surgery last week, he opened my abdomen. It's not something I tried to lie, so I don't know, I don't understand.” - Mehdi Baghdad
I like Joe Silva, his reactions to a spectacular KO always cracked me up, but this bit of news seems is distressing.
I'm not saying Baghdad is the best fighter, but I thought he won that fight against Makessi, and the man had a real serious injury.
Joe Silva should have been a bit more understanding considering the situation.
The irony of all this, being the Manila card was eventually cancelled anyways...