Brandon Vera out until at least May
UFC heavyweight contender Brandon “The Truth” Vera will be out of action until at least May after breaking a bone in his thumb during his UFC 77 fight with Tim Sylvia, MMAWeekly is reporting.
In the first round of his fight with Sylvia, Vera broke his left scaphoid, a small bone in the thumb that that keeps it from bending too far back towards the wrist, and continued the fight using just his right hand. Vera opted for immediate surgery on the left hand, which was eventually stabilized with three screws.
According to MMAWeekly, the UFC was hoping to have Vera as part of its March event in Columbus,OH, but Vera says he will be ready to return no earlier than May.
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That is some serious periods of inactivity. So much potential that just fell flat.
kinda weird but I’m able to bend my thumb all the way back to my wrist with no problem.
I wonder if people like myself who are so called “double jointed” aren’t prone to these types of injuries.
Dizzle – your hand is relaxed. Much different than when you are throwing the hand forward or something pushes it back while you are resisting.
so true Neal I didn’t think about it like that.
Only thing that hurts me when I do my body bag work out is muscle in my hand between my index tendon and thumb tendon.
You bend my thumb back relaxed or not and you will hear me shrieking like a girl. heh
The scaphoid bone break is a common injury in contact sports. I played hockey and over the years broke the left and right. The difference is whether he did it to the hand that he’s most coordinated. Unless he’s ambi, of course. But either way it’s a tough break to see on an x-ray unless they are specifically looking at the scaphoid, and it’s also typically a pain in the ass to heal properly with no after effects.
The piece calls Vera a “heavyweight contender”. Didn’t he announce his intent to fight at light heavy after losing to Sylvia?
Mike, not that I can recall.
Mike
He said that he wants both belts but he is staying at HW for now.
Hmm. Coulda sworn … .
Mike I think the confusion is he talked about this a lot between his new UFC contract and his fight . After he lost almost all blogs and forums ran with him moving to LHW. Assumptions Assumptions ahoy.
Tell you what though..with the state of the HW division lacking in depth and the flood of LHW’s I would think sticking at HW is his easiest road to a belt.
Remember Mike, he said something like, “Id move down to heavyweight if i got my arse whooped. Hey crowd did I get my ass whooped?” “Nooooo” “Guess I’m staying at Heavyweight.
It’s a tough choice for him. Light heavy is stacked right now, and he really isn’t big enough to bang with bigger heavies. Sylvia really pushed him around. Vera has skills, but he was at an extreme disadvantage with Sylvia, who isn’t especially well rounded.