Wednesday, October 19, 2011

UFC 137 shocker: GSP injured and off the card, Diaz-Penn now three-round main event

Dana White flew across country today to New York, when he landed, he and mixed martial art fans were greeted with some lousy news. The main event next week at UFC 137 has been scrapped because of an injury to UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

UFC 137 shocker: GSP injured and off the card, Diaz-Penn now three-round main event

Carlos Condit will go on the shelf and wait for a healthy GSP to retur with Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn moving to the main event.

MMAFighting's Ariel Helwani spoke with GSP's trainer Firas Zihabi, who sent mixed signals in these comments:

"He's out for a month," Zahabi said of GSP. "I would say at least a month he can't train. So unfortunately, he's out of the fight, that's for sure. He's not in any condition to fight, that's for sure. No doctor will clear him."

That sounds like a pretty serious injury or does it?

This suddenly changes the tone of the event for Nick Diaz. Diaz freaked out a month ago as his title fight with main event status approached against St-Pierre. Does this change things for Diaz from a mental standpoint?

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-137-shocker-GSP-injured-and-off-the-card-D?urn=mma-wp8321

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