I don't get this . . . This is seriously one of THE most disappointing turn of events for me in this sport's history - right up there with Vitor losing to Couture way back when they first fought.
So I've read "concussion" . . . But, I have yet to see the official source that says he definitly had a concussion . . . All of the recent articles breath the word in their title, but then fail to deliver anything but the fighter's vague tweets.
Regardless, a befuddling point is this . . . Do concussion and fighter go hand in hand? Political correctness aside, and being brutally honest, would not most fighters be diagnosed as clinically concussed? If it is indeed concussion symptoms that Grant is suffering from, is the doctor doing the diagnosis one who makes these judgements on other fighters as well, or is this a case of a doctor who normally treats hockey/football concussions now diagnosing fighters?
All of a sudden one of the most promising fighters in LW history is side-lined - maybe forever - right at the pinacle of his career.
Yes I am the cynic, not so much with Grant as I am with the medical system and their out-of-touch intrusion into pro sports. Even more than that, I am the cynic that says, "OBVIOUSLY brain safety and fight sports isn't a marriage that's going to work!" Let's be real here.
In Grant's case, good on him if he's consulting a doctor over what he percieves to be lingering serious affects of gettting hit in the head - for all we know, maybe from a few of the punches Maynard landed on him. Good on him for thinking of his long-term health. Maybe it's as simple as that . . . Some fighters will care and decide part way through they don't want to be part of this sport if long-term brain issues are a side-effect. But if this is the conversation, we may as well be talking about the validity of the sport - yes the sport where KOing someone is pretty much the main objective (and I don't need a lecture on the repetitive blows to the head being the cause of long-term brain damage).
So I've read "concussion" . . . But, I have yet to see the official source that says he definitly had a concussion . . . All of the recent articles breath the word in their title, but then fail to deliver anything but the fighter's vague tweets.
Regardless, a befuddling point is this . . . Do concussion and fighter go hand in hand? Political correctness aside, and being brutally honest, would not most fighters be diagnosed as clinically concussed? If it is indeed concussion symptoms that Grant is suffering from, is the doctor doing the diagnosis one who makes these judgements on other fighters as well, or is this a case of a doctor who normally treats hockey/football concussions now diagnosing fighters?
All of a sudden one of the most promising fighters in LW history is side-lined - maybe forever - right at the pinacle of his career.
Yes I am the cynic, not so much with Grant as I am with the medical system and their out-of-touch intrusion into pro sports. Even more than that, I am the cynic that says, "OBVIOUSLY brain safety and fight sports isn't a marriage that's going to work!" Let's be real here.
In Grant's case, good on him if he's consulting a doctor over what he percieves to be lingering serious affects of gettting hit in the head - for all we know, maybe from a few of the punches Maynard landed on him. Good on him for thinking of his long-term health. Maybe it's as simple as that . . . Some fighters will care and decide part way through they don't want to be part of this sport if long-term brain issues are a side-effect. But if this is the conversation, we may as well be talking about the validity of the sport - yes the sport where KOing someone is pretty much the main objective (and I don't need a lecture on the repetitive blows to the head being the cause of long-term brain damage).