Quote (Nihility @ Nov 19 2017 05:03am)
do you have a link to the article id like to read about it man
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1653613-8-injuries-that-changed-the-course-of-mma-historyQuote (bleacherreport)
Matt Serra: Herniated Disc
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After shocking the world and knocking out Georges St-Pierre, Matt Serra was scheduled to defend his newly acquired welterweight championship against Matt Hughes at UFC 79. However, a herniated disc suffered during training forced the champion from his hotly anticipated contest.
Due to Serra's injury, St-Pierre was tapped to fight Hughes in a rubber match for the interim UFC welterweight championship.
Without the need for a big star in a replacement title fight, GSP wouldn't have gotten the nod to jump back into a fight for gold. He had only picked up a single victory since losing the belt, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that would call the win one-sided.
At the time, Jon Fitch was a top welterweight on a seven-fight winning streak. Had Serra vs. Hughes gone on as planned, the AKA fighter likely would have faced the winner. Considering that many have referred to Fitch as arguably the best welterweight not named St-Pierre, the argument could be made that Serra's herniated disc cost Fitch a world title reign.