Lauzon: Injuries suck
Joe Lauzon penned a blog today explaining his situation and asking fans to think how much more disappointing it is for the athletes involved.
This week Joe Lauzon was forced to withdraw from his UFC 180 bout with Diego Sanchez. Just a day later Sanchez also withdraw with an injury. Fans on social media responded with disappointment, with some questioning the injuries, but Lauzon penned a blog today explaining his situation and asking fans to think how much more disappointing it is for the athletes involved:
I have been training for close to 15 years… and I have dealt with a LOT of injuries. I think as your knowledge of the sport grows as a coach and competitor, so does your knowledge grow of dealing with and training around injuries. At this point in my life, its not IS something going to hurt today but WHAT is going to hurt the most and how am I going to train around it.
Its important to understand the difference between being injured and being hurt. Every fighter on the UFC roster, is constantly HURT. Hurt is what we call those nagging injuries that just never seem to heal and constantly flare up and inevitably get worse as soon as camp starts. Sore knees, ankles, hands, neck, back, etc. What would stop most people in their tracks, we push through because we always have fights coming up to get ready for.