Kingsbury fought flu symptons to get UFC 126 win
Two days after UFC 126, Kyle Kingsbury was still feeling it. “It” being an illness that drained him throughout fight…
Two days after UFC 126, Kyle Kingsbury was still feeling it.
“It” being an illness that drained him throughout fight week – not any lingering effects of the actual fight itself, which lasted a mere 21 seconds.
Despite a fever that saw him awake to soaked sheets prior to his fight, Kingsbury (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) dismantled ground specialist Ricardo Romero (11-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) to pick up his third consecutive win under the UFC banner.
“I actually had a really bad fever the night before the fight,” a still-recovering Kingsbury told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) on Monday. “I did a steam room that I’m not used to doing to cut weight because I came in at about 224.5 (pounds) at the beginning of the week on Tuesday, and I like to be about 220.”