Mike Swick to enter surgery for injured elbow
As recently reported, UFC welterweight Mike Swick announced he’d undergone an MRI to examine damage to his left elbow sustained during his UFC 109 bout with Paulo Thiago and expected an update on the situation during a doctor’s visit planned for early this week. That appointment has now come and gone, and as Swick suspected, the results were “pretty bad”.
The American Kickboxing Academy product took to his Twitter and laid it out for fans and media, saying doctors had detected “bone spurs and fragments, inflammation and possible nerve damage.” In regards to treatment, Swick continued that he “will need it scoped for sure and possibly have a nerve re-routed.” He closed things out by saying he will rush to have it operated on, maybe even as early as next week.
No timetable has been set for his return. Swick is currently on medical suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission due to the injury and must receive an orthopedist’s clearance on the elbow if hoping to return before early August.
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This sucks. I was hoping he’d get better so we could see if he’d redeem himself and possibly work himself back into the title picture.
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What a shame…not the injury as much as how he’s fought so far. I used to talk this guy up huge!! And then the last bunch of fights he has done NOTHING to prove he is anywhere close to contention of any sort. I’m not trying to hate on him, I just really don’t think he has anything to offer against such a high calibre of competitors. Anyone else thinks he should drop a weight class???
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Granted goulet and saunders, but saunders has a long way to go (I do think he could get real good in time) and goulet has a glass jaw
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As Paulo inches closer to his shot…….
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