Dan Hooker can’t make sense of Arman Tsarukyan’s sudden withdrawal from UFC 311.
Mere hours earlier than he was scheduled to step on the size for his light-weight title tilt towards reigning champion Islam Makhachev, ‘Ahalkalakets’ knowledgeable the promotion that he wouldn’t have the ability to compete citing a again damage.
Renato Moicano in the end stepped as much as the plate and slid into the primary occasion slot left behind by Tsarukyan, however the alleged damage has left lots of people scratching their heads. Significantly after UFC CEO Dana White implied that the Armenian may have fought in Los Angeles.
Dan Hooker questions the way you get injured ‘in your time without work’
‘The Hangman’ echoed an identical sentiment throughout a latest interview with Submission Radio, questioning how precisely Tsarukyan suffered such a devastating again damage when all he ought to have been doing was slicing weight.
“That’s our sport. It’s by no means clean crusing,” Hooker stated. “How are you getting injured in your time without work? I’ve acquired no concept. I believed it was fairly unusual, bro. To get such a extreme damage that it is advisable to pull out whenever you’re slicing weight, you understand?
“It should be a extreme damage. I don’t understand how you’d go up on that chance. I clearly noticed Dana White simply say that he ain’t getting the title shot subsequent, and he’s going to must work his manner again as much as the belt. You already know, Daddy can’t purchase you a spine, can he?”
Maybe we’ll by no means know the complete fact, however there are many theories on the market. Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett positioned the blame on “insane weight slicing” throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present.
Others have prompt that Tsarukyan could have legitimately injured himself whereas displaying UFC interviewer Nina-Marie Daniele some intense wrestling and stretching drills, which appeared to pressure his spine and neck, although Tsarukyan and Daniele have each tried to pour chilly water on that declare.
“No, that factor I’m doing day by day as a part of my warm-up, so if I had an issue throughout coaching camp, how may I do that train? You already know, I didn’t really feel something; I used to be good and prepared,” Tsarukyan informed Helwani. “I used to be coaching very exhausting, and in the course of the week, I had good vitality and no issues. It simply occurred, you understand.”
