Media Shavkat Reportedly Had Torn MCL Going Into UFC 310 According To DC

[Black9]

Via Cormier talking to him prior to fight

Does that change your opinion of his performance?

 

[tritestill]

This actually makes sense and is something I would believe. Shavkat was compromised. Take back thinking Ian would win rematch, Shavkat should have been blown out the water.

 

[RichardHarrow]

This actually makes sense and is something I would believe. Shavkat was compromised. Take back thinking Ian would win rematch, Shavkat should have been blown out the water.

I’m not so convinced but I could be wrong - I think it would have been a similar outcome because of the way Garry fights . We view Shavkat to be some invincible killer ala Khabib but he’s not. He has weak wrestling and defense , getting hit too much for consistent champion status.

He is deserving of the title shot and is a great fighter though.

 

[FreedomCricket]

So instead of pulling out of a risky short notice fight after he was booked for a title fight, he takes a non-title fight with a torn MCL, he risked de-railing his title hopes to fight with a bum knee?


This probably means he has a slight knee sprain.

 

[OldBoy91]

Predicted the excuses would come the moment he looked average. He made excuses when he looked like shit against Wonderboy too, and Wonderboy was injured worse than he was in that fight.

People will lap it up because Shavkat is loved around here and Garry is hated.

If Garry came out with a statement that he was injured for this fight he'd get clowned.

 

[BangBang]

If he did fight with a torn MCL then he and his team are more stupid then we could ever have imagined.

Basically, I call bullshit.

 

[OldBoy91]

If he did fight with a torn MCL then he and his team are more stupid then we could ever have imagined.

Basically, I call bullshit.

It's basically common practice these days.

Even if you win, if you look anything short of spectacular, claim you have an injury.

 

[USA!USA!]

Lets see the proof Shavdaddy

 

[Morris88]

Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken freaking neck, we don't wanna hear this BS

 

[Tweak896]

If Shavkat heals and looks like his old terminator self in all future fights it makes sense. Not good though because most don't bounce back easy from knee injuries.

 

[clackers]

Depends when he tore the PCL and how bad it was. The recovery time on a torn PCL if serious is months and months with no surgery. So would need to factor these things in. If it was a serious torn PCL it would be very difficult to fight.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

At least it wasn't a cracked skull

 

[World eater]

Everyone is injured all the time. Does it have to do with training camps? I don’t recall it being so often mentioned 5-10 years ago. Or is it just excuses?

 

[bjjwar]

He looked the same in his previous fight too. Dont know why everyone is so hyped, even before Gary he looked very beatable. Still cant believe he’s undefeated being so average

 

[Karelinator]

I’m not so convinced but I could be wrong - I think it would have been a similar outcome because of the way Garry fights . We view Shavkat to be some invincible killer ala Khabib but he’s not. He has weak wrestling and defense , getting hit too much for consistent champion status.

He is deserving of the title shot and is a great fighter though.

Invincible killer Khabib had really close and uneventful fight against eternal journeyman/gatekeeper in Tibau, though. People were complaining about the verdict for years.

It just happens.

 

[NextGen]

Excuses are silly. He should just focus on his next fight. If he beats Belal and makes it look impressive, nobody will look back at his fight against Garry and use it against him.

 

[sabretitan]

Nope. Garry is legit. And he deserves his flowers

 

[sabretitan]

He looked the same in his previous fight too. Dont know why everyone is so hyped, even before Gary he looked very beatable. Still cant believe he’s undefeated being so average

He's not invincible, lost a couple amateur fights

 

[OldBoy91]

Everyone is injured all the time. Does it have to do with training camps? I don’t recall it being so often mentioned 5-10 years ago. Or is it just excuses?

It used to happen all the time when a fighter lost.

Everybody calling injury to distract from a suboptimal performance, even in victory, is a relatively new thing.

Even if there's some truth to it, it's just a dumb thing to mention and reeks of excuse making. Everybody who has had a full camp is various levels of injured going into a fight.

 

[Hassan Mouzine]

wow, the hate on shavkat since his last fight is insane.
like people were waiting for shavkat to not continue his finish streak to write him off. now all of a sudden he looks very beatable and is 'average'

shavkat is 'average'??? seriously? some of you guys are on drugs. shavkat is a killer and still undefeated. he is the next in line for a title shot. the hate is unjustified. usually this kinda thing comes when a fighter loses, 'he got exposed, was never that good' etc etc bla bla bla.
come on people.......nobody comes close to 18 finishes in a row. he is now 19 pro fights undefeated but just because he won a decision AGAINST ANOTHER UNDEFEATED FIGHTER....all of a sudden he is 'beatable and average'.

everybody is beatable. even guys that went their whole carreerd undefeated. it is mind boggling how fast people came to shit on Shavkat. kinda like they were hoping it to happen and then lose their common sense and go hyperbolic to write him off.

Shavkat is a straight up killer and a problem on the feet and on the ground. I would put my money on Shavkat against Belal....were it not that i have underestimated Belal too many times. the hate shavkat receivers on here is not normal though......come on, we always complain about blanket fighters or point fighters. Shavkat is an allround fighter who is not afraid to exchange and wants to finish.

sherdog gonna sherdog