Taken from JRE MMA Show #144 w/Jared Cannonier:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/07TNGl4VKA4UfM4wFehiGD?si=c42e12f86af94c1f

Yeah, Anderson is, as far as I know, the only guy who's successfully come back after that shin break.

He had a horrible 1 against Gokhan Saki horrible same thing as Chris Wyman Uriah Hall same check Horrible snap and his isn't he about to come back though.

Well Tyron Spong became a boxer We see He'll still do MMA.

I know he had at least 1 MMA fight since then.

But, you know, he was an elite kickboxer.

And to see his shin snap like that, you're like, god damn.

I mean, you would always think about it before you went to throw a shot.

You would always think about the 2 years it took you to fuckin' regrow your bone back where you could throw kicks with it again.

Yeah, I wouldn't say it slowed my kicks down.

Checks have done that enough, you know what I mean?

But, yeah, it definitely gives you something to think about, you know?

Yeah that that shin injury and it's happened So there's so many versions of it now on Instagram Yeah, find somebody you see a small shows where guys are doing it Accidentally breaking their legs.

I think Noguera getting his arm snapped was pretty horrific as well.

I saw another girl get her arm snapped in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament.

I remember when Khabib had Michael Johnson and I remember thinking, just please tap, please tap, please tap, just please tap.

That fucking spiral arm fracture from that Kimura is so nasty.

And I hear those are, from doctors, I hear those are really hard to repair.

You know, who knows if your arm's ever gonna be the same again.

My friend Tom broke his arm playing basketball, like what was

I can imagine that 1 being painful because there's not only is the break.

Yeah, but you got the weight of the arm Uh-huh pulling on that thing.

Yeah, and I can make it hard for it to heal as well.

Yeah, dude injuries Yeah, What's the worst injury you've had in MMA?

I've torn, well, I didn't, in my MMA career, I've torn my pec training, you know what I mean?

I think the worst 1 I had in competition, I mean, I broke my hand in competition.

Did you tear your pec in drilling or sparring?

It was just, we were initiating a warmup, so it was a warmup roll, me and Ben, was like a warmup roll, and I was passing his guard.

You all know that, everybody knows what we do.

That's the whole reason why I quit my six-figure job and move move to Phoenix, Arizona Yeah But yeah, he had a whizzer on my left arm and I was passing to the right side, so I cleared his leg and I went to pass his guard and I went to, I was extended with my left arm because he had the whizzer and I went to get strong to collect him up into side control, and as soon as I contracted that pec, ch-ch-ch, it tore, just like that, 3 little rips, and it tore.

That was February, I think that was during the, That was fight week for John Jones versus, who did his last fight at Light Heavyweight?

So that happened in Houston at the hotel.

And then I came back and fought, yeah that was 2020 before COVID, and then I came back and fought Robert Whitaker in Abu Dhabi.

Now you got me running around with all my shout outs now.

I've been hitting them up since the Anderson Silva fight.

I've been working out with them, working out there, as well as working out at the lab.

Those 2 combined have, you guys see my cardio, those 2 combined has really propelled my career.

But I came back after the pec tear to fight Robert Whitaker and look, not a minute into the fight, he throws his patented Reaper combo, one-two head kick, and breaks my left ulna.

So I ended up fighting this guy for what, another 2 rounds plus 4 minutes of the first round with a broken ulna and I almost got him too.

That's 1 of those crazy freak injuries that it can always happen when you're blocking kicks.

I extended my arm to block more reactionary as opposed to being grounded and prepared and bracing and ready to absorb the kick.

And the reason being because I was slipping his initiation.

Typical shit, we all see it happen all day long with Robert Whitaker, we all know that combination.


Speaker 0: The Joe Rogan experience.

Speaker 1: Yeah, Anderson is, as far as I know, the only guy who's successfully come back after that shin break. Yeah. No 1 else is really,

Speaker 0: no 1 else was able to do it. Well, didn't McGregor? Well, Tyron Spong. Did McGregor fight a...

Speaker 1: No, he hasn't fought since the injury.

Speaker 0: Oh, okay, he hasn't fought the injury.

Speaker 1: But Tyron Spong he's done it. He had a horrible 1 against Gokhan Saki horrible same thing as Chris Wyman Uriah Hall same check Horrible snap and his isn't he about to come back though. He's good. Well Tyron Spong became a boxer We see He'll still do MMA. I know he had at least 1 MMA fight since then.

But, you know, he was an elite kickboxer. He was elite, man. He was so good. And to see his shin snap like that, you're like, god damn. I mean, you would always think about it before you went to throw a shot.

You would always think about the 2 years it took you to fuckin' regrow your bone back where you could throw kicks with it again.

Speaker 0: Yeah, I wouldn't say it slowed my kicks down. Checks have done that enough, you know what I mean? Checks hurt enough or deterrent enough. But, yeah, it definitely gives you something to think about, you know? It's definitely a scary fact.

It's 1 of The most

Speaker 1: horrific injuries in the sport. Yeah that that shin injury and it's happened So there's so many versions of it now on Instagram Yeah, find somebody you see a small shows where guys are doing it Accidentally breaking their legs.

Speaker 0: I think Noguera getting his arm snapped was pretty horrific as well.

Speaker 1: That was horrible. I saw another girl get her arm snapped in a Jiu-Jitsu tournament. Same thing. Oh, God damn it, tap. I remember when Khabib had Michael Johnson and I remember thinking, just please tap, please tap, please tap, just please tap.

Don't make me see this man. Don't make me see this. Tap, he got you, fight another day. Please tap, please tap. That fucking spiral arm fracture from that Kimura is so nasty.

Speaker 0: Oh. And I hear those are, from doctors, I hear those are really hard to repair. To heal,

Speaker 1: yeah, hard to repair. You know, who knows if your arm's ever gonna be the same again. That's a rough 1 to come back from. My friend Tom broke his arm playing basketball, like what was

Speaker 0: it, like 2 years ago, Jamie? 2 years ago, it's still fucked. He still struggles. His humerus or ulna? What part did

Speaker 1: he break? He broke the top. He broke the top bone, like up here. Oh, that's the humerus. Yeah, it was big.

Big fracture. Nerve damage in his hand,

Speaker 0: all kinds of shit. I can imagine that 1 being painful because there's not only is the break. Yeah, but you got the weight of the arm Uh-huh pulling on that thing. Yeah, and I can make it hard for it to heal as well.

Speaker 1: Yeah, dude injuries Yeah, What's the worst injury you've had in MMA?

Speaker 0: In MMA? I've torn, well, I didn't, in my MMA career, I've torn my pec training, you know what I mean? I think the worst 1 I had in competition, I mean, I broke my hand in competition.

Speaker 1: Did you tear your pec in drilling or sparring?

Speaker 0: It was just, we were initiating a warmup, so it was a warmup roll, me and Ben, was like a warmup roll, and I was passing his guard.

Speaker 1: Ben Henderson?

Speaker 0: Ben Henderson, yeah. Yep. And he- Shout out to the lab. Yep, oh yeah, all day long, lab all day. You all know that, everybody knows what we do.

So-

Speaker 1: It's a great, great gym.

Speaker 0: It really is, yeah. That's the whole reason why I quit my six-figure job and move move to Phoenix, Arizona Yeah But yeah, he had a whizzer on my left arm and I was passing to the right side, so I cleared his leg and I went to pass his guard and I went to, I was extended with my left arm because he had the whizzer and I went to get strong to collect him up into side control, and as soon as I contracted that pec, ch-ch-ch, it tore, just like that, 3 little rips, and it tore. That was February, I think that was during the, That was fight week for John Jones versus, who did his last fight at Light Heavyweight? Dominic Reyes.

Speaker 1: Dominic Reyes, yeah.

Speaker 0: So that happened in Houston at the hotel. Wow. And then I came back and fought, yeah that was 2020 before COVID, and then I came back and fought Robert Whitaker in Abu Dhabi. Was it still fucked up? No, the pec was fine.

Speaker 1: Oh, okay.

Speaker 0: Shout out to Ares Physical Therapy. Now you got me running around with all my shout outs now. Shout out to Ares physical therapy. I've been hitting them up since the Anderson Silva fight. You know what I mean?

I've been working out with them, working out there, as well as working out at the lab. Those 2 combined have, you guys see my cardio, those 2 combined has really propelled my career. But I came back after the pec tear to fight Robert Whitaker and look, not a minute into the fight, he throws his patented Reaper combo, one-two head kick, and breaks my left ulna. So I ended up fighting this guy for what, another 2 rounds plus 4 minutes of the first round with a broken ulna and I almost got him too. You should see the other guy, right?

Speaker 1: That's 1 of those crazy freak injuries that it can always happen when you're blocking kicks.

Speaker 0: But it was my fault. I extended my arm to block more reactionary as opposed to being grounded and prepared and bracing and ready to absorb the kick. I'm like, oh shit, kick. And the reason being because I was slipping his initiation. Typical shit, we all see it happen all day long with Robert Whitaker, we all know that combination.

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