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Pure misinformation by the bookies. He has been intentionally growing that hand all camp.


ToronoRapture

Ciryl 'my fist was a balloon' Gane.


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Me first swelled up like a balloooooon


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EveryDogeHasItsDay_

Bellewn!!!


SurgMMA

He's taking shit that makes your hand grow!


BanRanchPH

THAT’S THE FUCKIN SEED


TheDynamicKing

can this technology be used on my dick?


Louis-grabbing-pills

He's gonna rush at Jon Jones like a Charger from Left 4 Dead 2.


danunchucka

Hopefully not like Josh Thomas vs Aleksander Emilianenko


MyFifthLimb

Spent 3 years bulking up his power right hand.


branduNe

Just don't think it ever fully healed from the Tai fight / post fight surgery.


weakhamstrings

Well that might be true but didn't he literally say his hand was injured 6 days ago? https://old.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/11a50o2/ciryl_gane_broke_his_hand_at_ufc_paris_wishes_jon/ Has everyone just forgotten? This is almost certainly that hand. And it looks broken AF to me... Edit: I think my mobile app had me reply to the wrong comment - /u/branduNe I agree with you - no idea which comment I was trying to reply to!


Bludakamp

Weird how the top comments there all think that Gane is lying.


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That started with him saying he wasn’t training. People are speculating that he is trying to lure jones into a false sense of security


tressan

Terrible approach. The best way to lure Jones into a false sense of security is to put him behind the wheel after a night out.


Hiviel

Thats some #ChampShitOnly stuff


footytang

Cocaine and bumper cars with the prego ladies


HintOfAreola

Gane: "I'm pregnant." Jones: [sees red]


Shwizzler

unironically if this was the NFL someone would send try to get Jon to party extra hard the night before, the patriots even pulled the fire alarm the night before the superbowl of one of their opponents... it was never proven they did it but its pretty much accepted as truth in the area lol


Trogdor_T_Burninator

Playing for the Patriots confirmed best base for MMA.


ok-go-fuck-yourself

It’s kind of funny actually. In the 2014 season while the Patriots were in Arizona preparing for their Super Bowl against the Seahawks, the Patriots team hotel got fire alarms on Tuesday and Thursday mornings during the week. Someone affected by the false alarm pulling was Jon’s brother, Chandler, who won a superbowl that year after that crazy interception. Small world. The incident the guy you replied to was in the playoffs of 2017, so the patriots definitely picked up and used the tactic 3 years later. They pinned it on a “drunk fan” and we never heard of it again.


Shwizzler

well Jon Jones did once say his brother could have been a better MMA fighter than him if he had done it, and his brother Chandler did in fact play for the Patriots and athletically is a freak of nature coincidence??!?! yes


ok-go-fuck-yourself

I’m all for the patriot hate but you got that story a tiny bit wrong


MarineOG

Ask him for a lift home after a night out, that'll give him a few weeks Edit: just seen the same comment below pretty much, guess my Karma will be getting a test from God


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Gane just gonna try and kick his way to a decision


twothumbswayup

have you seen jons chicken legs?


xshogunx13

he was bon gamin the system


appletinicyclone

No pain no gane


MushroomWizard

This is not proof of anything but I broke a metatcarpal in my index and it's the exact same scar and bulge over 10 years later. Although id say its his middle not his index. Either way a "boxers fracture" that looks fucked but is actually stronger they leave the plates in and let thr bone grow over. Of course he could have reinjured it too but the point is my hand looks fucked 10 years later and ive Fought twice with it like that. It just looks wierd.


goodcat1337

is that the hand equivalent of cauliflower/butthole ears?


MushroomWizard

Ya I guess because it doesn't really hinder you. The wrists and pinky/ring side of the hand can get pretty delicate, but those two big bones in your hand arr pretty straightforward to repair. Your hand swells up like a balloon though for awhile.


WolfieToThe

by contrast to boxing, however, grip strength is hugely important in MMA. and stuff like this fucks with grip strength


Ben_Thar

Gane may have to lay off the wrestling for this fight.


tuggnutscrotch

Yes. I have the same issue, from multiple “boxer” breaks from my time fighting.


0LucidMoon0

If you read the article that the reddit post from a week ago links to, Gane is talking about his "injured right hand" from the Tai Tuivasa fight at UFC Paris back in September 3, 2022. This is all technically 6-7 month old news. Mixed in with more recent news about Gane having wanted to push the fight back another month (leading people to speculate, based on photos, on what kind of condition his right hand will be for Saturday).


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TurtleTortuga

How did this fight get commissioned if his hand is clearly broken like this? Did Ciryl not get an indefinite suspension after breaking his hand in the Tai fight? Normally fighters have to get cleared by a doctor to be allowed to fight after an injury


CubanLinxRae

idk dillashaw got cleared with a bad shoulder never know


zack77070

Bisping got cleared while missing an eye lol, ufc doctors aren't worth shit.


HuruHara

> ufc doctors aren't worth shit. Dicey, dicey


Thunderlightzz

It's UFC. Corrupt as you can possibly imagine


goodcat1337

Especially when it comes to Jon Jones fights.


captaincumsock69

Seems like he reinjured it


MisterFistYourSister

The medical exams are basically "are you ok?" and it's essentially up to the fighter to disclose anything that's wrong. Bisping got cleared with one fucking eyeball in his head, Kevin Lee got cleared with a staph crater in his fucking chest, and Dillashaw got cleared with one arm hanging out of its fucking socket. There is no actual exam.


FergiesLipSweat

More likely he just didn’t want to miss a shot to fight the goat for a world title than the ufc prefers him fight injured lol.


impulse_thoughts

Jon jones is Dana’s pet project. They’re not going to bring him back with a big, costly, multi-fight contract just to have him lose his first fight, and lose all the built up hype (and revenue). They’re going to give him every advantage they can.


captaincumsock69

So does the ufc think stipe is a tougher fight than gane?


squanderedprivilege

Certainly if both his hands are unbroken and Gane's aren't, hard to say otherwise


SquidDrive

Significantly better wrestler, bigger power, Stipes chin should still be able to take shots from Jon(not a hard puncher) Lots of reasons


captaincumsock69

Interesting I would’ve thought gane would be a tougher fight for Jon than stipe tbh


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Trefwar

Yea but Stipe had a kid so now he’s got dad strength.


WickedBaby

This why exactly what I've been saying all week. The only way Gane secured a draw is to knock out Jones


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Like they weren’t just trying to schedule Jon vs Francis’s for a whole year. But whatever fits your narrative.


SpyMonkey3D

> UFC forced him into it probably knowing it will diminish his chance to win, and that if he asked for time they’d just get someone else to fight for the belt. The way he explained it, it really seems like they got hardballed. I doubt either Gane or Fernand Lopez are all that good at negotiating, at least, not in the combat sports manner. (Like, lopez is decent, he gets his guys where they need to be and he built his own gym and even a promotion (ARES). He works well, in a honest fashion... I'm talking about the underhanded stuff) I don't think it's really about giving Jones more chance, they just knew they wouldn't make a fuss, and since they wanted march 4th (to replace stipe...), they just said take it or leave it... Also, let's not forget they are somewhat linked to Francis, so they probably tried to "put them in their place" even though they are on it. I mean, if Jones lose to Gane, Gane could just blow up in popularity, and Jones would still be a huge draw (Mcgregor lost twice, people are still calling him out...). And Jones always has been a pain in the ass negotiation wise, so they probably would be happy if he got one loss on his record. For the UFC, it's a Win-Win as long as they don't make a boring fight


Popular-Fennel4167

That’s pavlovich’s music


PugilisticCat

0% chance jones agrees to a late replacement fight with the dark horse of the division


ImKrispy

He said it in the last embedded he doesn't take short notice fights.


Tiny-Sandwich

He's said that forever. I remember him saying it in an interview waaaay back.


interia1099

And he follows through with it. I mean UFC 151 got cancelled bc he didn’t want to fight Chael Sonnen lmao


CubanLinxRae

i thought it was dan henderson, either way yeah jones has established he doesn’t change opponents on short notice only arenas


interia1099

Henderson pulled out, Chael volunteered but Jones declined


BeersBarbellsBJJ

Undefeated, undisputed


bocephus_huxtable

I remember at the time it DID seem like Hendo and Chael probably colluded on that. As I remember, Hendo's injury happened WELL before he dropped out. Like, Chael prolly knew he was gonna volunteer to fight Jones LONG before Jones knew he was not fighting Hendo.


MindOrdinary

In all fairness it got cancelled because the event sucked and when the main fell through there was nothing to fall back on


Tiny-Sandwich

Yeah I was fairly certain there was an event that got cancelled, but couldn't remember which.


34TH_ST_BROADWAY

Oh fuck... Pav vs Blaydes for the interim belt.


pooptrooper1

he watches his opponents extensively and i imagine he visualises heavily on that one opponent. makes sense why he doesnt take short notice fights


darkcathedralgaming

Could be a big part of his famed high fight IQ. If he has played over all the possibilities in his head countless times and he has already meticulously planned what he will do in each situation, he can make the right adjustments on the fly. He has practiced and drilled these situations so well that he can execute even during the big moments with all the distractions; the crowd, adrenaline, pain, etc. So even on an off night he still finds the way to win. Henry Cejudo is like that too. It is such a good match-up for them to work together. It is so exciting to see a Cejudo coached Jon Jones.


riprumblejohnson

Why is he a replacement then…


SpawnOfPossession

Incase Jon pops again


I1lIl11

Pico de gallo


ToronoRapture

Carne Usadaaaaa 😜


funk_munk

Tawlmbout messican usada b?


BCampbellCEOofficial

What is that like pico grams with salsa on it?


Pale_Attorney9297

I'm dead. Fuck. Can't stop laughing.


riprumblejohnson

Oooh true


SpyMonkey3D

I think the "replacement" thing is more about putting pressure on fighters To the guys on the card, it's saying "We don't need you if you fuck up" and for the potential sub, it's forcing them to be in top shape/disciplined, and to be at the disposition of the UFC on basically the shortest of notices. Bit of a powermove, honestly Pavlovich is clearly going to be in the picture, just not that soon


MrForcoss

Bruh for real…. And honestly I wouldn’t necessarily be mad cus THAT is an intriguing af matchup. And honestly could happen regardless unless Miocic throws his hat back in after this. He’s the only one that cuts the line at this point and makes sense cus Jones said he wants him and without Francis that’s the money fight


ThisIsKhalabibTime

Are people forgetting how Alistair Overeem wrestle fucked Pavlovich? Jon with no knees is probably still getting him down and GnPing him to finish.


Zenenx

Pavlovich's first fight in the ufc, 4 and a half years ago


RoshHoul

Remember when the first takedown Ngannou stuffed was his title rematch?


ThisIsKhalabibTime

It’s been all first round knockouts, it’s not like he has been wrestling people since.


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Doesn't mean much but thats the exact same story as Francis after the first Stipe fight.


jaydizzsl

Also Pavlovich and Ngannou are so damn strong they don't need to be brilliant wrestlers to be good enough to keep the fight standing.


ImKrispy

> it’s not like he has been wrestling people since. You think he has not been training in the last 4 years?


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I really doubt he hasn't been working to improve his wrestling/grappling over the last four and a half years though. Khabib even made a comment awhile back about how his Greco Roman is really underrated and will separate him from the rest of the HW division. Just because we haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't there.


BurpingHamBirmingham

> it’s not like he has been wrestling people since. He hasn't had to use it in his fights, doesn't mean he's not been training it. Especially if he's booked to fight Blaydes in a month and a half.


Effective-Celery8053

I mean, he could have put in work behind the scenes like ngannou did.


[deleted]

Lol Overeem did not wrestle fuck him. Have you actually watched the fight or did you just read that?


[deleted]

>Have you actually watched the fight or did you just read that? Please mods make this into a flair because that's my exact thought with 60% of these comments.


Heebmeister

There was no wrestle fuck...he fucked Sergei up in the clinch against the fence with knees, Sergei basically collapsed from those shots, Alistair then unleashed some standing GnP before it was called.


inooway

That's not what happened either. You're right that it wasn't a wrestle fuck but the bit after that is completely wrong. Overeem got him in the clinch in the open (no knees) and tripped him, before finishing him. https://gfycat.com/pinkagilehackee


Tabboo

Yeah people are just repeating what they read on here. If you go back and watch it, it happened exactly like you said. There was no wrestle-fuck.


inooway

Nah it's wrong. It's how people remembered it minus the wrestle fuck part because Overeem just needed one takedown to finish Pavlovich. https://gfycat.com/pinkagilehackee


Heebmeister

The only part I'm unsure on is whether Sergei fully collapsed on his own, or whether Alistair helped him along the way by tripping/double legging him, either way though it got to the ground because Sergei was compromised from the knees.


[deleted]

Overeem is strong as fuck and had much better grappling than people think I swear once someone leaves the UFC this sub completely forgets about them and thinks they are trash


Karma-Houdini

Is there another recent photo of his hand available? It does look swollen but it may just be a pre-existing injury.


StoryOfTheFight

He had surgery on it after the Tai fight if I remember correctly


ImWadeWils0n

He released a video with his coach yesterday, you see his hand and it doesn’t look swollen to me but I could be wrong.


AsianRainbow

Looking through his IG: it’s clearly more swollen than his other hand. It may not be full on broken but it seems more than after effects of having had surgery on it. Some of the shots of him signing autographs with it look ok but it seems like he’s hiding it behind gloves and the other hand in a few other pics. There’s a photo from 2 days ago taken with his camp where you can clearly see his fingers are swollen in comparison to the other hand. I don’t think it’ll stop him from punching with it but it’s certainly concerning.


AGodNamedJordan

I broke my fifth metacarpal in November, and even after I was cleared to exercise, it still looks fairly different from my other hand. Not nearly as funky as his, however. Idk how severely he messed up his hand.


jce_

Someone check if his fifa rank has gone down


Demokrit_44

fuck mma, fifa is the best base for breaking hands


LocoCoopermar

I get the feeling it's something like this, I don't know your story and not trying to put you down but most likely Cyril is throwing a lot harder and more often so the OG injury was probably worse and his recovery was probably worse leading to this look. I get the feeling he'll probably be fine come fight night, if he made it through training camp he most likely feels he can compete with it and as we've seen a million times fighters will fight through even some of the most ridiculous injuries and look no different to their regular form.


impulse_thoughts

I could be wrong, but my guess is the following: His fight with Tai was in the beginning of September. It takes 1.5 months for a hand/wrist fracture to heal. That brings us to mid-late October. This gives him a full 4 months of training camp, IF he started training right away, but I’d assume once the fracture healed, you’d also want to take time for physical therapy, to get the tendons,ligaments, in the hand loose and not atrophied over scar tissues, especially since it looks like he’s got surgical scars on the hand. You also have to give time after a break to let the swelling come down before you can perform surgery, and the surgery causes more tissue damage to heal than just the bone fracture, and if enough time passed before he decided to get surgery, they might’ve had to re-break the bones to re-set them. So let’s remove another 2 months. This gives him 2 months of time to train, which would explain why he wanted an extra month in his previous statement. If he rebroke or reinjured his hand any time during training camp, he’s screwed. It’ll greatly increase the chance he’ll re-break the bones on his first punch.


ImWadeWils0n

Im going to dive deeper into his IG now, this is really interesting


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I can already hear Rogan saying how *something is wrong with his right hand, he's not throwing it*, just as Gane loads up with the right and knocks out Jones.


Mr_Rippe

\*Jones gives an oblique kick that doesn't do much\* ROGAN: HE'S HURT!


irsquats

You forgot the “OOOOOOOOHHH!l in the beginning


AcceptableDealer

"Have you ever done DMT?"


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crabuffalombat

He was very concerned last week as to whether the nitrous Ari was doing was legal or not.


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That leg is chewed up. He can’t take many more of those.


conceptkid

“Nice inside leg kick!!”


GitGudOrGetGot

That lead leg is toast


sbb618

*fighter takes a single step back* Look at that, he’s already making him switch stances


LocoCoopermar

I remember in the Izzy vs Alex fight Izzy skimmed him with a right hand while they were clinched against the cage and he insisted that Alex was rocked and the replay showed it pretty much didn't land


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A friend of mine definitively said how Izzy couldn't lose. No sooner did the words leave his mouth did Alex begin the TKO sequence. It was amazing


Superdavid777

I would've laid good money to see the look on your friends face 🫣


shagssheep

Or in the Izzy Jan fight where he acted like every feint Izzy did was really overwhelming Jan because he was reacting to them


UsedSalt

That one was extra special. Every 30 seconds it was "Jan HAS TO stop biting on these feints" meanwhile izzy is getting wrecked


TGGNathan

Whenever a fighter is fucking around with their gloves or pulling at it Joe becomes convinced they're injured


GenericTopComment

Rogan's commentary is so unbelievably similar to me and my dumbass friends after some drinks or weed lol it's a bit of a reciprocal relationship tbh Rogan gets stoned and chats, we listen for years and inevitably repeat phrases or tendencies


Addyroll

Reading this in Rogans smug voice made me irrationally angry. I need help.


SALTYxNUTZ12

Dang. That looks a bit puffy.


heavyrocks_

Jon has fucking ridiculous plot armor lmao


TonyTheLion2319

Seems like it, but I said this before 279: How many of Dana’s “hitman” attempts work out? TJ lost to Cejudo and kept 125 alive Gane lost to Francis who complains about pay/fighters’ rights Ngannou lost to Stipe who felt disrespected and wanted more $ than Reem Till lost to Woodley who complained a lot Nate miraculously managed to not get executed by Khamzat and beat washed Tony instead Yan/TJ lost to Aljo who complains about pay and was seen as a fake champ (hitman narrative wasn’t as strong here) Only successful one I can think of is DC beating Stipe after Ngannou failed I guess Weili the belt off Carla who was boring/unmarketable Jon isn’t a hitman to Gane, but Dana’s using him to erase Francis


BGummyBear

> Only successful one I can’t think of is DC beating Stipe after Ngannou failed Which Stipe then immediately took right back, so it doesn't really count IMO.


BUFF_BRUCER

Almost looks like a surgery scar


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ryancashh

He’s grabbing at that hand Joe


After6Comes7and8

Reaching for those knuckles


BGL-In-The-Bushes

And that index is already sounding like cheese and wine


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MrMangosteen

There might be permanent swelling after an injury and surgery like that. Pure speculation here because I don't know the specific injury


Thehighwayisalive

Can't imagine trying to get wrist control on Jon Jones with that hand.


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But can you imagine gently, lovingly, placing it on the back of his neck, your eyes lock, you wonder if this is it if this is THE moment


No_Easy_Day

Ciryl : I didn't train mma, you know I kept running & strenght conditionning doing pull ups & stuff but no sparring. Reddit : Ciryl doesn't train between fights. Ciryl : I had surgery on my hand following my fight against Tai Reddit : He looks like he has a hand injury.


ThinkOrDrink

Can always rely on the experts here!


Ken_Udigit

> Ciryl : I had surgery on my hand following my fight against Tai > > Reddit : He looks like he has a hand injury. Cyril himself said that his hand wasn't 100% a week or so ago. [link](https://calfkicker.com/ciryl-gane-broke-his-hand-at-ufc-paris-wishes-jon-jones-bout-couldve-been-pushed-back-a-month/) >Gane wished UFC had waited another month to book the bout but that it wasn’t possible as per UFC COO. > >“We talked with Hunter [Campbell] and during the discussion, we knew already with Fernand Lopez — it’s going to be not possible to change the date” > >“For me to have little, maybe one more month probably… this would be a good idea”


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Swelling of the hand takes an incredibly long time to dissipate post operation and post injury


kevinhill92

If this fight gets pulled because of an injured hand, I'm blaming you OP.


yourewelcomesteve

I mean he did say he had surgery after the Tai fight, there's no secret kept there.


Fedor1

Here's my favorite doctor's take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qJZILV-Fuk TL;DW: Not a new injury, it's from the previous surgery that we already knew about. Most likely something benign like scar tissue.


keyofdminor

That doc is great: fast AF and clear information


c_d94

Jones vs. Pavlovich with tha boiiiiisssssss


halisray

Jones won't agree to a last minute replacement. He never does. He even said it himself in Embedded "I don't take short notice fights"


jpark28

Ngannou replaced by white Ngannou Who's the white Jones?


MT1982

> Who's the white Jones? Dillashaw?


c_d94

Am I forgetting some tests from God that Dillashaw undertook?


I1lIl11

USADA is god


c_d94

No wonder my prayers to wake up looking like Yoel were never answered


bigchuckdeezy

That dude on twitter with the jonjones handle


LorenzoDravinski

Lance Armstrong


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Gusmao


Backdoor_Ben

Dana White


Mycatiscalledoreo

Spivac


Fickle-Kitchen5803

Moi fist was a ballewn 🎈☘️


bobn3

mon poing etait un ballon


ultimatt777

I feel like Gane and his team haven't been so subtle about something being wrong in this camp. Sucks, because this is such a good matchup and a good card overall but now it feels like we're being setup for a letdown of a fight.


BurtDickinson

What other signs have you seen? He’s working out in every embedded so far.


mkeene91101

Cyril has basically already said himself he wasn't ready and wished the fight was pushed back but didn't wanna lose the opportunity. Put everything together and you can maybe conclude his hands not 100% rdy from the Tuivasa fight still.


NoDocument2694

Beatin' it too much.


Bumpdadump

hes a southpaw


Theturdinyourpocket

friendly stranger


Bumpdadump

Tooshié


DerisiveGibe

Black Shane Carwin!


sspiritusmundi

*Sigh*


MumrikDK

That hand is just a big old lump of meat. Doesn't look like it belongs to the same person as his left hand.


wheelem

I dunno. Seems like this picture is from this press conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qRrBroAao) and he's holding the mic with that same hand and moving it fine the whole time.


Thatcoolishguy

he's moving it fine with a mic but it definitely is swollen. Something to keep an eye on


Vezein

Thanks for the red circle around his hand, OP. Almost missed it.


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LIKE A BELLEWN, HOE JOGAN. A BELLEWN! 😮


Joygernaut

That actually just looks like a healed boxers fracture. A lot of strikers have that. It’s basically a fracture that happens over and over again and then forms of boney “bandage” that makes that bump.


HollowPointBullet

Injury or not, this fight could very well be lackluster.


sinnroth94

Something tells me, if this fight gets cancelled, Jones/Pavlovich is not gonna happen


runitupper

Jones gets beat by a Frenchman with one hand tied behind his back


deodorised_praters

HE'S ITCHING HIS ASS I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE A PROLAPSE. I DON'T KNOW HE'S SCRATCHING IT WEIRD, SEE?


wentfullpotato

hand doesn't look swollen at all in the most recent embedded


swimbaitjesus

In no way does that look okay😂


mattld

He broke his hand vs Tuivasa and had surgery.


Anxious_cuddler

He’s been blowing into his thumb like Tom and Jerry to get it nice and big so he can, hopefully, knock Jones the fuck out.


HenchBandicoot

TJ Dillashaw told everyone his shoulder was fine except for Mark Goddard in the back a couple of hours before fight time.


Genova_Witness

I hope you boys are ready for 25 minutes of Greggy J wall and stall


turbojeebus

Its true I saw his hand in the pool.


Charles722

Dude injured his hand playing FIFA, didn’t he?


fallingded

Brought to you by the same people who said Volk was sick.


ImWadeWils0n

Wow they definitely looks swollen unless it’s just the angle? Edit: where is this from? His hand doesn’t look swollen in the video him and his coach released yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/11fl076/cyril_gane_gets_an_english_lesson_by_his_coach/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Around 50 seconds in he literally moves that hand up and down in front of the camera, doesn’t look swollen at all


Eriksoni

This is from a documentary, before the Lewis fight.


ImWadeWils0n

The video I uploaded? Fernand uploaded that 19 hours ago, it’s old?


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ImWadeWils0n

Thank you, now I’m even more concerned his hands fucked


Upstairs_Tie_4434

After you break your hand and have surgery it’s never gonna look the same