5 Oz Exclusive: TUF 7’s Paul Bradley Update
May 15, 2008 by Adam Morgan
After getting kicked off of this season’s TUF 7 series due to a case of “mat herpes,” not much has been said about middleweight prospect Paul Bradley. He was signed to the EliteXC promotion before this season of TUF even aired and has been rumored to possibly be participating on the June 14th EliteXC card in Hawaii.
FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned from sources close to Bradley that this is not the case and that he will not be competing on June 14th show. It’s possible that he may be booked for an EliteXC promoted card on June 27th but nothing has been finalized as of yet.
Bradley was a two-time All American wrestler at Iowa and is currently 6-0 in his mixed martial arts career with his most recent victory coming in March over D.J. Watkins.
how do they let him fight when he has the herps on his neck?
Isn’t there a risk of spreading it to the other fighter?
Treated with antibiotics, the infection goes away rather quickly.
Wow, I just looked at his opponents records. Why is he so highly touted?
the 5 guys listed on Sherdog are a combined 27-36 and one of them is 23-20.
I don’t want it to sound like I am fighter bashing because I don’t mean it that way. Just curious. Has he blown through these guys?
No. 2 Adam:
Are you sure about the antibiotics? Herpes is viral, not microbial. Once you’ve got it, it’s permanent. There are some medications available to reduce and minimize outbreaks, but outbreaks have to run their course.
He’s explained it all in a past post, the breakout comes on average about 1 a yr for him. It’s treated with Valtrex, A number of college wrestlers get it, it’s called gladiatorum. He even said he knows a few ex-wrestlers in the UFC that have what he has…. I’m assuming one of them is Koscheck, Bradley replaced Kos as coach of the wrestling team Kos was on.
Mike Wolfe-
Yes, he’ll have it his whole life but it’s only contagious when the outbreaks happen. When the outbreaks happen, he takes the medication (I believe he said it was Valtrex in an interview with Sam) and the outbreak goes away rather quickly. The kind of virus that Paul has is unfortunately extremely common in the wrestling community. As long as he doesn’t have an outbreak on his neck while competing there should be no risk of spreading the disease. I may have been incorrect about Valtrex being an antibiotic, as I’m doing a bit of research now and see that it’s actually an antiviral medication.
Mike C-
Anyone who is a two-time All American at Iowa, one of the nation’s best wrestling programs, is going to be a highly touted prospect coming into mixed martial arts. I wouldn’t say it’s due to his competition level, but at this stage of his career it’s more about setting him up with the right kind of fights and making sure he’s not in over his head. But his wrestling credentials are what makes him a highly touted prospect.
Valtrex is an anti-viral medicine. It is used to treat other types of Herpes as well.
He is a legit prospect, just looking at his wrestling record. Let him keep building up his resume, and working on rounding out his game.
I just hope the Herpes thing show up at the wrong time and force him to pull out of a big fight at the last minute (It already has cost him once).