mmaweekly.com - 1/14/2009
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sports.yahoo.com - 1/13/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
The Sun is reporting that Forrest Griffin may
miss most of 2009 because of the broken hand...
he suffered in his loss at UFC 92 to Rashad Evans. Pins were placed in the hand to help the healing process. The British tabloid is quoting UFC sources as ...
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Griffin could miss all of 2009?
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The Sun is Full of Shit
Fightlinker.com —
There was a post earlier today here at Fightlinker relaying news from The Sun that Forrest Griffin could be sitting out the majority of 2009 due to injury. The validity of the Sun’s statements was questioned and, as it turns out, the criticism was correct: The Sun is full of shit.
MMAWeekly reports that sources close to Griffin’s camp say his recovery is going well and the former light heavyweight champion is aiming to return in the summer. The division should see a lot of action between now and then, as Shogun Rua is set to rematch Mark Coleman this weekend, Lyoto Machida will square off with Thiago Silva at UFC 94 to ...
Forrest Griffin NOT to Miss Most of 2009 WIth Hand Injury
Bloody Elbow —
I did some bad blogging yesterday and passed along news from the UK Sun as if it were reliable. Forgive me. MMA Weekly has the real scoop:
Reports surfaced early on Tuesday that former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin was to be sidelined for the majority of 2009 with a hand injury sustained in his loss to Rashad Evans in December. MMAWeekly.com spoke to sources close to Griffin later on Tuesday morning who stated that the "Ultimate Fighter" alum is recovering well from surgery on his hand. He is ...
Forrest Griffin injury report
Brawl Sports —
... Yesterday, a few blogs were reporting that former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin may be out most of 2009 while recovering from surgery. It turns out he won't be out as long as expected.
From MMA Weekly:
He is hopeful to make a return during the summertime and should not have to sit out for any major period of time.
According to the information attained, Griffin had surgery on his hand - specifically one of his metacarpals - to repair the injury. He currently has a cast on, but expects to be healed ...
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