Forrest Griffin Undergoes Surgery, UFC Return Likely for November or December
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin has undergone minor surgery to repair a shoulder injury that forced him to withdraw earlier this month from a matchup with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at Saturday’s UFC 114, and expects to fight again in November or December.
“He’ll start physical therapy in six weeks and be on the shelf for 12 weeks,” Griffin’s manager, Jimmy Gifford, told the Las Vegas Sun. “We’re not sure on a return, but October would be a good guess. Maybe late September. … There comes a time when a fighter has to say to himself, ‘I’m a pro. I still want to do this for awhile. I have to stay healthy.’ But I know it killed him to pull out.”
“(The UFC) usually does a November show in the U.S. and a December show in Vegas,” Gifford said. “Rather than go oversees, we’ll maybe do a November or December date. He can’t stand the travel and he loves fighting in Las Vegas.”
Griffin (17-6) rebounded from back-to-back losses to Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva with a split decision win over Tito Ortiz in November.
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I heard (a rumor of course) that Griffin had pulled out of this fight because he couldnt cut down to 205 and that lil Nog and crew refused to fight at a catchweight bout at 215 so Griffin faked an injury and pulled outta the fight. I know that Griffin is a warrior though so Im not sure whats going on
Yeah, he faked an injury, and in order to back it up he got an unnecessary surgery. I know it’s just a rumor you heard, but I’m thinking running that rumor through your common sense filter should have solved for you whether it was accurate or not.
He pulled out of the fight a couple of months before this match-up. He would have had a long time to get his weight under control. So not being able to cut down to 205 does not make sense. That is where that rumor doesn’t make sense to me.
I haven’t posted on here in a long time for lack of having anything to say, but pulling out because of the weight and then surgery occurs? LMFAO. I’m not a Griffin fan, but that’s pretty ridiculous man.
If Rampage can make weight tomorrow…
and to that rumor I say why wouldn’t a guy be able to make weight a month before the fight… well the only reason someone wouldn’t be able to is if they were injured and couldn’t train. Thus surgery would make sense if efforts to rehab without surgery fail…
IMO, it is dishonorable to question Forrest Griffin’s integrity and guts – or any other fighter – for that matter based on some hearsay. I dare you or anyone else to stand in front of the man – face to face – and suggest he pulled out of that fight for any other reason than the fact he is injured. Seriously, any man that fights like he does deserves more respect than that. It is easy to blog in the dark about Forrest Griffin “faking an injury”. Let’s leave MMA free of tabloid-like, soap opera, rumours and nonsense. It borders on libel.
I toned this down and made it a little less personal.
-Justin
forrest didnt want to fight lil nog because he said nog knew his fight style and that it wouldnt be a good for him. mmajunkie/mmafrenzy did a article on it. forrest has been making 205 for the longest, so there wouldnt be a problem for him to do so now
forrest said that lil nog is a bad matchup for him but he did not pull out cuz he thought he would lose. he is obviously injured he is a warrior who will fight anybody if physically able
Calm down people again I said it was a rumor. I thought if anyone else heard anything about it, it’d be here. Oh and the rumor stated that Griffin had gotten up to 240 all muscle and was unable to cut down. Again it was just a rumor but is it really necessary to degrade someone because they heard a rumor? Common sense filter? Really?
I didn’t intend it as a dig, more as “I think you’re smart enough to figure that out.”
Just about everyone cuts down from 240 to 205, Rampage is cutting from 260 typically. 240 is within normal limits. Plus, if he were weighing 240 at all muscle it would be rather difficult to make 215 as well.
No one is trying to degrade you but mentioning a rumor about not making weight on a page about the guy having surgery is the same as everyone suggesting they heard rumors about guys and PEDs. It’s not relevant and is bordering on fighter bashing, no point in spreading rumors that are extremely far fetched when you start breaking it down. I know you didn’t mean to but rumors have lead to many bad stories getting out that were far from true and we’ve seen it alot in our sport. No sense in mentioning them unless you can link the story to a site and some facts.
ok….noted. For the record it wasnt intended to be fighter bashing or anything, I was more curious if anyone else heard or read anything about it
All I’ve heard about Forrest is that he’s injured. People have been spreading rumors about Forrest for months now and more than likely has to due with his less than friendly attitude towards the media the last few months. Everyone is assuming things are wrong when it seems more than likely he’s just tired of the spotlight all the time.
Most of these “rumors” come from a particular site, that is just filled with some of the craziest thought process’ I’ve ever come across, then said “rumor” gets legs and starts hitting other sites. Soon people take it as “fact” and thats how people begin to mis~remember the actual turn of events…
Similar to people believing that Shogun got his first shot at Machida simply because he beat Chuck Liddell, completly disregarding the fact that Griffin was fighting Anderson and well the whole Rampage issue + he turned down the opportunity to fight Machida to fight Rashad which then only left Shogun Rua to fight and when asked simply said yes, but hey why remember what actually happend when we can just make up whatever we wish cuz its the interwebbs…. No this isn’t a shot at you ironfistpat this is a shot at all the people that make up their own revisionist history of MMA…
Yea fr702 Im pretty sure I know what website you are talkin about, Im sure thats where I read about that stuff. Well as far as the bigger picture goes….get well Forrest hopefully we can see Griffin vs lil Nog in the near future(granted he beats Brilz)
I saw on another MMA site that Machida “supposely” hinted via his Twitter account, that he his next opponent would be Griffen. And the fight was projected in late fall, which matches up with Forrest’s November return date. But don’t know how much to believe in this.
“If” this fight does happen, I wonder if Forrest would be able to handle Machida’s quick striking.
Griffin vs Machida….sounds good. I would like to see that fight
I am a Griffin fan, but Machida would kill him. I would like to see Griffin vs the Loser of Rampage and Evans.
Unfortunately one of the downsides of MMA exploding into the mainstream is its now “fair game” for “tabloid-ization”, as such things are determined by the Internet subculture.
A decade ago most people would not only not care if Forrest Griffin could make weight or faked an injury or was scared of LittleNog [all of which are so ridiculous its laughable], but they probably wouldn’t even know who Griffin or LittleNog WAS [outside of Brazil and Japan], or care.
Now that our sport had stepped out of the shadows and into the North American spotlight, it was unfortunately only a matter of time before some odious little sh!tstain/s “employed” by outfits like TMZ were camped out in front of a fighter’s house, or shady so-called MMA websites set up to attract less informed and media-savvy visitors with crazy rumors and off-base stories of MMA fighters.
Whats next?
“MMA is fake, but pro wrestling is real!”
“Randy Couture secretly g@y!”
“GSP the child of aliens?!”
:-)
Well, ok, you got me.
That last one is semi-believable when you consider GSP’s galactic level of talent and in-cage performances.
But I think the point is clear that we should ALL try to stay away from sites that have far more in common with trashy throwaway publications like the National Enquirer, and far less in common with well-respected and highly regarded publications like the Philadelphia Inquirer…
forrest griffin vs jon jones anyone????
He11 no.
I’m a Griffin [and Gryffindor] supporter, so I have zero desire to see Forrest face a younger, faster, hungrier, and more athletic fighter who IMO has more dangerous striking than Anderson Silva…
Bones Jones would get beat easily by Anderson Silva…his striking is very good but not better than Anderson’s.
im just sayin if jones wins then he needs a step up and forrest is a step up and will be ready around the same time
The fight makes sense from that perspective mikel but from many others it doesn’t. I don’t see the UFC putting one of their stars as a step for Jones. There’s very little incentive for Griffin with that fight being the main reason. Not a bad idea though for Jones.
The funny thing about the rumour was that he was having trouble cutting weight…..lol……are you kidding me? This is Forrest Fu<king Griffin…..the king of cardio. And, Forrest would never back out of a fight because he didn't like the matchup….anyone who thinks that doesn't know Forrest at all.
Forrest didnt back out of his fight with Anderson Silva, so why would he back out from Little Nog?
I would really like to see griffen vs machida, a lot of people think that forrest and machida match up well together, u got to remember a damn good forrest beat shogun, and as far as I am concerned shogun beat machida twice, and if u guys remember forrest was suppose to fight machida, but asked to fight shogun instead, no matter what its gonna be a war