Junior Dos Santos And Cain Velasquez Clear Up Any Excuses, Both Say They're 100%

[doherty]

Junior Dos Santos​

"Yeah I'm 100% in my case I'm 100% now and ready to fight, I've got no injuries and I'm feeling great, had an excellent camp in Brazil."​

Cain Velasquez​

"Yeah me too I'm 100%, no injuries so I'm thankful for that."​

Listen to full call...

 

[PunchParty]

 

[Shadow Box]

JDS will probably have an undisclosed injury and still KO him. WAR JDS!

 

[Hitman81]

They'll wait til after the fight to make excuses.

 

[Youngstar**]

They'll wait til after the fight to make excuses.

Both these guys are humble fighters, what is your hate?

 

[Hitman81]

Both these guys are humble fighters, what is your hate?

Hate? What hate? Did they or did they not both disclose injuries after the fight?

 

[ocarey2]

Fight of the year candidate right here if it doesn't end early like the first fight. Cannot wait. I love both guys so its win win for me

 

[koquerelle]

Both these guys are humble fighters, what is your hate?

You're ridiculous. There was no hate in his statement. Fighters say they're 100% and then whine about injuries.

 

[GroundGameFan]

Fight of the year candidate right here if it doesn't end early like the first fight. Cannot wait. I love both guys so its win win for me

Same here. Don't know about FOTY because it's HW and likely won't go the full 5 rounds, but I'm hoping it's a badass war and both guys have their moments. Picking Cain to win this time too.

 

[Iron Leg]

Hopefully they really are 100%, but just because they said it, doesn't make it true. It's stupid for any fighter to say they are injured (or anything less than "100%") before a fight because:

1) To say you're not 100% hurts the marketability of the fight. Fans getting hyped up to watch a fight want to believe they are seeing the best version of each fighter going in.

2) To reveal any actual injuries you have could give your opponent either a mental or tactical advantage.


But AFTER the fight, the opposite becomes true. There becomes an incentive to discuss injuries a fighter had prior to the fight to excuse a loss and promote future marketability. This is why, for the most part, you can't fully trust fighters' public statements when talking about any pre-fight injuries (Tito 101)--either before or after.

 

[Michael13]

I think it's pretty clear they have both cracked their skulls.

Tito would be proud.

 

[Sacrilegium]

The fight hasn't started yet. There's still time for someone to twist their ankle at the weigh-ins or tear their ACL getting out of a cab.