Carlos Condit snackar om sin korsbandsskada som han drabbades av efter att ha slitit sönder den under matchen mot Tyrone Woodley under UFC 171. Trots en omfattande skada ser Condit det som något positivt för sin karriär.
Welterviktaren Carlos Condit har blivit avstängd under ett år efter att ha slitit sönder sitt korsband, en mycket omfattande skada. Trots denna motgång ser Carlos Condit ljust på sin framtida karriär. ’The Natural Born Killer’, som han också kallas, berättar till FOX Sports om sin skada:
”It’s part of the sport. After it happened, there was no changing it,” berättar Condit till FOX . ”I wasn’t going to be able to re-grow my ACL back overnight. I was where I was with this and I just had to accept it. I had to stay focused on getting back. Honestly, I kind of felt in a weird way lucky because it was 12 years into my career that this happened. It could have happened a long time ago and really set me back,” Condit said. ”At least I’ve accomplished quite a bit in the sport before this happened and ultimately something like this is inevitable in a sport like MMA.”
Albuquerque-sonen förklarar att det avslitna korsbandet ger honom möjlighet att fokusera på de mer traditionella aspecterna av mixed martial arts istället för att träna för en specifik motståndare:
”I do take a lot of positives out of this,” sa Condit. ”It happened, it is what it is, but I got to work on things that I wanted to work on as far as my personal development as a martial artist instead of training for a specific person or a specific game plan. … I wrestled a lot. I really went back to some of my fundamentals in regards to my balance and positioning and my stance. Foot positioning, leg positioning, which part of that was some of the rehab because you really have to focus on the structural integrity of your lower knee and ankle and I think it has helped my overall game and performance.”
Carlos Condit kommer att återvända till octagonen på lördag i UFC Fight Night 67 där han möter Thiago Alves och siktar på en titelmatch efter en eventuell vinst mot brasilianaren.
