Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Had Staph Infection In UFC 92 Fight
by Charles Walker on Dec 30, 2008 3:12 PM EST
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According to Dana White from a radio interview with Dave Carmichael and reported by FiveOuncesofPain:
UFC President Dana White was a special guest on Monday’s edition of "The Carmichael Dave" show on Sports 1140 AM KHTK in Sacramento and offered his breakdown of UFC 92. During the course of the interview, White revealed that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira suffered from staph infection leading up to his interim UFC heavyweight title defense vs. Frank Mir
While this by no means takes anything away from Frank Mir, it does give some answers as to why 'Minotauro' seemed so lethargic in his performance.
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Ok, now I feel better in that at least there is some reasoning why he fought so poorly. I also just heard that he had a bad knee injury as well. What I’m wondering is…how are these fighters still allowed to fight with folk knowing they have staph infections and/or injuries? Nice find Charles.
by Kelvin on Dec 30, 2008 3:15 PM EST reply actions
Yeah. Did Dana know before or found out after. If Dana did know before, I wonder if Mir knew. It would have been a legitimate threat to his health as well.
by Felix on Dec 30, 2008 3:26 PM EST reply actions
I just listened to the audio and Dana said “gotten over a staph infection.” I guess it just affected his training. Ive never had the pleasure of having a staph infection, so does anyone know on average how long it takes to fully recover from one? I know that Randleman one was pretty off the charts and I’m assuming not all are that bad.
by Felix on Dec 30, 2008 4:00 PM EST reply actions
if it is anything like coming back from mono you are pretty fatigued for a while…..a couple of months you feel lethargic. that makes sense why he didn’t really seem up to his normal self.
by joseph on Dec 30, 2008 5:43 PM EST reply actions
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