Det cirkulerar rykten om att Cain Velasquez ska ha tvingats dra sig ur matchen mot Fabricio Werdum och att Junior Dos Santos hoppat in som ersättare. Men de uppgifterna stämmer inte, kan Ariel Helwani bekräfta.
Nyligen hävdade den oseriösa sidan ENT Imports att Cain Velasquez (14-2) hade blivit borttagen från nyårsgalan UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey enligt ”källor nära situationen. Uppgifter som är helt felaktiga, enligt MMA Fightings Ariel Helwani.
Every member of Cain's team says he's fine. Others hypothesized his issue might be w/ NAC after a recent intv w/ ESPN. No word from NAC yet.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
I've reached out to NAC for comment. Confirmed it's not a USADA issue. Cain/Werdum have been told nothing's changed as of now. https://t.co/yeR6j1m9MT
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
To further clarify, the admission of using marijuana is not the potential issue at all. It's the back injury/surgery. See: Rockhold, pre-199 https://t.co/yeR6j1m9MT
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
Cain is not out of 207 as of now, but, according to sources, UFC wants him to get extra assurance from dr that he's healthy enough to fight.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
Cain's team confident that can/will happen & insist he's already been cleared, but Cain's injury/surgery comments to ESPN raised red flags.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
It's a precautionary/liability issue. Same thing happened when Rockhold said pre-199 that he had a knee injury. CSAC then needed more info.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
Also, FWIW, Velasquez's surgery has been described to me as more procedure than surgery with a rather short recovery time needed.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
Courtesy of his head coach @akajav, here's a video of @cainmma training yesterday at AKA, after the rumors started to circulate. pic.twitter.com/WAtjc8vfcS
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 23, 2016
”Cigano” erbjöd sig att ersätta
Då flera kända fighters verkar ha sålt sina Facebook-profiler till ENT Imports får sådana här falska uppgifter snabb spridning. Så pass att Junior Dos Santos (18-4) gick ut och erbjöd sig att hoppa in som ersättare mot Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOVvWrxDWSO/?taken-by=junior_cigano
Men ni kan alltså vara lugna – matchkortet är helt oförändrat.
Omslagsbild: Vince Cachero
