Why Do Injuries Seem to Occur More Often Now?

[Tankeray]

Maybe I'm wrong, but up until a few years ago I don't remember fighters getting nearly as injured as they do now.

So what's up with that? The prevalence of PED's, simply harder training, or something else?

 

[VitorfanBRO]

Yes random ped testing. You nailed it. The end.

 

[Grappleboxing]

The fighters have health insurance now I believe, so they can afford to pull out of fights.

Back then, fight injuried and get paid, or don't fight and don't get paid.

 

[Drake]

A Tank thread in the heavies? Rare like a unicorn


Once they added the injury insurance or whatever...drawing a blank. I remember I think 2012 it was. That one year that was just plagued by injuries.

 

[Jin Akutsu]

Random PED testing and health insurance.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Yes random ped testing. You nailed it. The end.

Not at all true. We were having just as many injuries pre- "NEW this year" random drug testing

 

[UL]

A bunch of issues but the main one is pretty easy to highlight

Problem is neither the ufc or nsac really give a shit about this ped problem before so never looked into testing fighters when they pulled out

 

[HARRISON_3]

Coincidence.

 

[Cdizzle]

Coincidence.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/details-ab...nsurance-and-coverage-for-ufc-and-strikeforce

 

[5H3RD0G]

Massive weight loss, too much training, bad technique or the dreaded duck a fighter, etc. :icon_chee

 

[JayPettryMMA]

A Tank thread in the heavies? Rare like a unicorn

I learned just the other day that the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. The more you know...

 

[Drake]

I learned just the other day that the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. The more you know...

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

I learned just the other day that the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. The more you know...

 

[JayPettryMMA]

 

[Kanster]

I'm thinking it's a combination of harder training and PED's.....

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

 

[Steve08]

The fighters have health insurance now I believe, so they can afford to pull out of fights.

Back then, fight injuried and get paid, or don't fight and don't get paid.

This seems to be the most likely answer to me.

It's not like the testing the UFC does now is anything special lol.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

GSP with a unicorn

I hadn't seen that until now, and I enjoy the recut. Makes it that much more enjoyable.

 

[Bvr]

Fighters are softer than they used to be. If they aren't 100% they pull out. Back in the day fighters were never 100% going into fights.

 

[YoungFlacco]

simple. they take an arrow to the knee. it's the coverup for every "injury"