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burton_o6 · 12-06-2007, 09:09 PM

I honestly didn't know what to think of this situation. It was obvious that he didn't want to find and looked scared. But when he was talking to Serra after the doctor checked him out, he said.."It's a lot worse than I thought." but never said what was wrong. I thought that kinda sounded fishy. But who knows maybe he did say what was wrong and I missed it.

**yorT** · 12-06-2007, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ManBearPig

I'm not trying to bag on Arroyo too much, as I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who fights for a living... still, when I saw the promo's for this weeks episode and it said "One of these guys will not be able to fight" ... I immediately knew it would be Arroyo...

he just wanted no part of Mac, you could see it in his eyes everytime he talked about the fight.

First off how the hell do you know he wanted no part of mac, your not arroya and you don't know, you're just speculating. Show me a video of him saying "I wanted no part of Mac, so I pussied out."

**WouldLuv2FightU** · 12-06-2007, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by yorT

First off how the hell do you know he wanted no part of mac, your not arroya and you don't know, you're just speculating. Show me a video of him saying "I wanted no part of Mac, so I pussied out."

There's no video, but you should prolly read Hughes' most recent blog.

PanKrato · 12-06-2007, 10:43 PM

doctor found nothing wrong. I don't blame him though. Mac's the best fighter on the show.

**Wawaweewa** · 12-07-2007, 12:13 AM

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Unfortunately, just days before the fight, Arroyo suffered an injury during a sparring session with teammate Richie Hightower. He tried to fight and train through the injury — we saw that on Wednesday’s episode — but the pain became too much. At the urging of assistant coach Ray Longo, Arroyo finally decided to get it checked out.

The verdict? A cracked rib with deep bruising.

However, the UFC’s usual Las Vegas doctor — the one who understands that his patients are fighters and in the fight of their lives — was out of town, and the replacement doc gave Arroyo little instruction. He wasn’t told he could fight. He wasn’t told he couldn’t fight. Hell, he wasn’t told anything other than to take it easy. The decision whether to continue on with the competition would have to be his own.

Part of an article on MMAJunkie. Remember, for these fighters, their health is essential to their lifestyle. If they suffer a major injury, that could be the end of their career.

Waddup Fool · 12-07-2007, 12:27 AM

All of Arroyo's teammates who had the opportunity to take his place but didn't really want it punked out more IMO.

davidm724 · 12-07-2007, 12:50 AM

Man I don't know what to say about Arroyo. I had faith in him from the beginning, and then he pulls this crap. I don't want to say he's not really injured, but the way he acted made me think he was full of crap. He shouldn't have gone to the doctor, imo. If he really wanted to stay and fight, he should have kept it quiet and, like another poster said, hope for the best and try to end it early. I honestly think Arroyo would have been capable of beating Danzig, but he wasn't right in the mind for the fight. Even if he lost to Danzig by a TKO due to a punch in the ribs, he wouldn't have looked bad because everybody would have known he was hurt. At least he'd have had the nuts to step in there with the best on the show. I was honestly disappointed by his decision, but who the hell am I to say he wasn't really hurt bad. I can't say I would have stepped in there either because I wasn't there. Weight division-wise that would be like me stepping in injured to fight Forrest Griffin. Don't know what I'd do about that. I'm just disappointed. I hope he comes back and redeems himself.

I think he should have been matched against Roman Mitchyan. The guy who was 'no pooosey' against the guy who stepped out due to injury. I bet the pre-fight interviews would have been funny. "He's a poosey, he can no fight me. He a comedian if he think he can fight me... I'm no poosey."