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There are some great fighters out there who's out of the cage antics or actions have sidelined their successful MMA careers. Some are even champions.
Jon Jones:
Where to start, between his odd hit-and-run where he broke a woman's arm to his testing positive for cocaine and PEDs, Jones is a walking billboard for what not to do.
Nick and Nate Diaz:
I was not a fan of either of these fighters initially but after time did appreciate their flair for the dramatic and out of cage antics. However, these two would rather smoke weed than fight as marijuana is a banned substance they cannot fight when they are smoking it.
Sad, because both are talented and exciting to watch.
Cain Velasquez:
As everyone knows, I'm not a fan of Cain. But Cain could have been one of the best fighters of all time. He had a decent chin with great recovery, great wrestling, solid striking, and cardio for days which is rare for a HW. He was basically a HW Forrest Griffin. Not a lethal ground practitioner or a 1 punch KO machine like Hunt, but he would wear his opponents down and eventually get the TKO whether standing or from GnP. If Cain hadn't caused his own idiotic injuries he would most likely still be champ and could have gone down as the GOAT.
However, Cain is injury prone. And he was not injury prone from fighting or MMA fighting. He was injury prone for the most idiotic of reasons, he was injury prone because of doing very basic weight lifting completely wrong. It's 2018. People have known how to safely lifts weights for decades now so there is no excuse for his improper weight lifting techniques. High School students all over the world know how to safely lift weights, Cain apparently doesn't.
Everyone knows that some weight lifting movements are supposed to be fast and explosive and they know this isn't one of them. It makes me cringe just watching this.
Who are other MMA fighters who derailed their own careers with their out of cage antics or behavior?
Jon Jones:
Where to start, between his odd hit-and-run where he broke a woman's arm to his testing positive for cocaine and PEDs, Jones is a walking billboard for what not to do.
Nick and Nate Diaz:
I was not a fan of either of these fighters initially but after time did appreciate their flair for the dramatic and out of cage antics. However, these two would rather smoke weed than fight as marijuana is a banned substance they cannot fight when they are smoking it.
Sad, because both are talented and exciting to watch.
Cain Velasquez:
As everyone knows, I'm not a fan of Cain. But Cain could have been one of the best fighters of all time. He had a decent chin with great recovery, great wrestling, solid striking, and cardio for days which is rare for a HW. He was basically a HW Forrest Griffin. Not a lethal ground practitioner or a 1 punch KO machine like Hunt, but he would wear his opponents down and eventually get the TKO whether standing or from GnP. If Cain hadn't caused his own idiotic injuries he would most likely still be champ and could have gone down as the GOAT.
However, Cain is injury prone. And he was not injury prone from fighting or MMA fighting. He was injury prone for the most idiotic of reasons, he was injury prone because of doing very basic weight lifting completely wrong. It's 2018. People have known how to safely lifts weights for decades now so there is no excuse for his improper weight lifting techniques. High School students all over the world know how to safely lift weights, Cain apparently doesn't.
Everyone knows that some weight lifting movements are supposed to be fast and explosive and they know this isn't one of them. It makes me cringe just watching this.
Who are other MMA fighters who derailed their own careers with their out of cage antics or behavior?
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