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Reminder: Yoel Romero risks serious injury every time he competes

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After his loss to Rafael Cavalcante in Strikeforce, Yoel Romero was forced to take a two-year hiatus from the sport because he had to undergo a serious neck surgery. There aren't a lot of details about the extent of the injury online, and whenever Yoel was asked about it, he understandably doesn't want to delve into details about it. Here's an interview from MMA-JunkieI also found a 2015 article which sheds some more light on the injury: http://www.fighthype.com/news/article20986.html

SWD: From 2011 to 2013, you were out of MMA with a neck injury. You actually broke your neck. Can you share what the injury was and how hard the road back from it was?

YR: I already answered this in a previous question. Before I left Cuba, I made up my mind that I was going to do this and make it into the big leagues.

SWD: So no matter what, you were coming back from that injury?

YR: I have full faith in God and myself. God blessed my family and myself and allowed me to return to health. God was the sustenance that upheld me. He was the other motor of propulsion. Because once I had my daughter, I had to keep on struggling for the life I wanted to give her. Before I left Cuba, I knew I needed to attain this goal of fighting. I had to do it. The doctors told me that I couldn't fight anymore because of the neck injury. I had to have surgery just to be an everyday citizen. They warned me any wrong move before the surgery and I could die or be a paraplegic.

SWD: Do you still deal with that injury? Is there still great risk to your health?

YR: At the time of the surgery, the doctors told me that I would be unable to move my neck in any form and that's why they were sure I would never fight again. I knew ever since I got out of Cuba I had health and could deal with life and whatever life had in store for me. And life put that test in front of me (the neck injury), and life is still testing me for it.

[His head dropped, eyes looking down, emotion surging through his words. The battle back from a serious life threatening injury and the day to day risk of training and fighting had suddenly become very present.]

YR: Every day, I know that I could die in training. Every day, I know I have to do this in order to better my daughter and my son's life. There are times we speak without knowing at what magnitude life can present these tests. And we say as fathers, as brothers, "Son, I'll give my life for you. Brother, I'll give my life for you. My daughter, I'll give my life for you." Then comes life and it gives you this test and it makes you prove it every day! That's why I love and have faith in God because I know that the time on this earth is just that it's piece of time. Love and give your best every day to the people that you have around you.

War Soldier of God

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So shit cuba docs said he could die, then he came to the us and got some basic medical treatment and has been perfectly healthy.
 
For sure thought the serious injury risks part would be regarding his opponents.
 
peyote creating a relevant thread

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A serious neck injury and still that jacked. Like come on
 
headkicktoleg said:
So shit cuba docs said he could die, then he came to the us and got some basic medical treatment and has been perfectly healthy.
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Dollar for dollar, Cuba's national health care system is probably one of the best on the planet. Not tailored to the rich and stymied by endless embargoes but still much better than it should be. Altho it is a subject of debate.

Anyway, Yoel is alright. Nice share.
 
Flokk said:
Dollar for dollar, Cuba's national health care system is probably one of the best on the planet. Not tailored to the rich and stymied by endless embargoes but still much better than it should be.

Anyway, Yoel is alright. Nice share.
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dollar for dollar doesn't cover much more than 1 year check ups for a cubans. Yes healthcare is expensive in America, but we are constantly developing new techniques to cure every day and that's exactly because it's not nationalized.
 
This is a word-for-word copy paste of a reddit post which you didn't cite.
 
Son Peyote said:


After his loss to Rafael Cavalcante in Strikeforce, Yoel Romero was forced to take a two-year hiatus from the sport because he had to undergo a serious neck surgery. There aren't a lot of details about the extent of the injury online, and whenever Yoel was asked about it, he understandably doesn't want to delve into details about it. Here's an interview from MMA-JunkieI also found a 2015 article which sheds some more light on the injury: http://www.fighthype.com/news/article20986.html

SWD: From 2011 to 2013, you were out of MMA with a neck injury. You actually broke your neck. Can you share what the injury was and how hard the road back from it was?

YR: I already answered this in a previous question. Before I left Cuba, I made up my mind that I was going to do this and make it into the big leagues.

SWD: So no matter what, you were coming back from that injury?

YR: I have full faith in God and myself. God blessed my family and myself and allowed me to return to health. God was the sustenance that upheld me. He was the other motor of propulsion. Because once I had my daughter, I had to keep on struggling for the life I wanted to give her. Before I left Cuba, I knew I needed to attain this goal of fighting. I had to do it. The doctors told me that I couldn't fight anymore because of the neck injury. I had to have surgery just to be an everyday citizen. They warned me any wrong move before the surgery and I could die or be a paraplegic.

SWD: Do you still deal with that injury? Is there still great risk to your health?

YR: At the time of the surgery, the doctors told me that I would be unable to move my neck in any form and that's why they were sure I would never fight again. I knew ever since I got out of Cuba I had health and could deal with life and whatever life had in store for me. And life put that test in front of me (the neck injury), and life is still testing me for it.

[His head dropped, eyes looking down, emotion surging through his words. The battle back from a serious life threatening injury and the day to day risk of training and fighting had suddenly become very present.]

YR: Every day, I know that I could die in training. Every day, I know I have to do this in order to better my daughter and my son's life. There are times we speak without knowing at what magnitude life can present these tests. And we say as fathers, as brothers, "Son, I'll give my life for you. Brother, I'll give my life for you. My daughter, I'll give my life for you." Then comes life and it gives you this test and it makes you prove it every day! That's why I love and have faith in God because I know that the time on this earth is just that it's piece of time. Love and give your best every day to the people that you have around you.

War Soldier of God

yoel-romero-open-workouts-video.jpg

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He's a serial cheater and almost certainty juiced at some point in his MMA career
 
welcometohavoc said:
And no, even then technically the US still has better healthcare, just not better healthcare COVERAGE
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The guy probably saw that Michael Moore movie where he takes American citizens to Cuba to get basic healthcare n thinks it’s 100% accurate n there was no political agenda behind it
 
headkicktoleg said:
So shit cuba docs said he could die, then he came to the us and got some basic medical treatment and has been perfectly healthy.
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Cuba is actually known internationally to have great doctors. They have the best life expectancy and infant mortality stats in Latin America, and send their doctors throughout the continent.
 
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