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I always have to remind people that JDS had a torn meniscus a week before the fight as well. Case in point, Junior was on crutches and got a meniscus repair surgery not too long after the fight. I don't think Cain had to go through a surgery of any sort.
that punch that knocked him down would have done the same if he had two robot legs. stop the excuses please.
If his knee was in better shape I'm sure his movement would have been a lot better. Not making an excuse, just saying there's the possibility that he could have faired better and maybe also implemented his own gameplan a lot better. It's kind of hard to wrestle with a fucked up knee.
I always have to remind people that JDS had a torn meniscus a week before the fight as well. Case in point, Junior was on crutches and got a meniscus repair surgery not too long after the fight. I don't think Cain had to go through a surgery of any sort.
It's not necessarily more difficult...don't pretend like you know. I've had torn meniscus and depending on where the loose cartilage is sitting it can be much worse than a partially torn ACL. For me every time I straightened my leg my knee cap was dislocated and I had pain and swelling each night after training. A friend of mine tore his ACL fully and finished out his football season. Dos Santos fought through his, won, and had surgery immediately. Cain fought through his, lost, made excuses but didn't get surgery .dude, are you really comparing torn cartilage to even a partially torn acl? i've experienced both (multiple times, actually) & training around a ligament/tendon injury is infinately more difficult.
Was his ACL torn in the Kongo fight too?
Seriously, go watch Cain/Kongo and Cain did the exact same thing he did against JDS. He pressed forward with strikes until he got rocked and then went for takedowns. JDS just hit him that much harder and there was no recovery.
i have had both a meniscus surgery and acl reconstruction on the same knee(left) two seperate surgerys. Meniscus is 4 tiny incisions and you are walking on it the same day, a torn meniscus causes no instability in the joint. Acl on the other hand is 5 to 6 month healing, and it is responsible for most of the stability in the knee. I couldnt imagine fighting on a blown acl, i tried skateboarding a little before i had my surgery and i could drop off a curb with out instability or sever pain. Cain was an idiot for taking that fight if his acl was gone, how can you expect to take a guy down with that, especially a hw, (a 135-155er might get away with it due to carrying much less weight and being pound for pound stronger)I always have to remind people that JDS had a torn meniscus a week before the fight as well. Case in point, Junior was on crutches and got a meniscus repair surgery not too long after the fight. I don't think Cain had to go through a surgery of any sort.