{"id":120832,"date":"2014-11-28T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T02:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=120832"},"modified":"2022-02-06T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T23:20:37","slug":"needed-cyborg-fought-pain-till-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/invicta-fc\/needed-cyborg-fought-pain-till-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyborg Fought Through Pain Till The Very End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117508\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg.png\" alt=\"cyborg\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cyborg-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Strikeforce champion Cristiane &#8216;Cyborg&#8217; Justino was expected to headline next week\u2019s Invicta FC 10 event.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for fight fans, Justino was forced to pull out of the December 5 headlining bout with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her recent training trip to Thailand, \u201cCyborg\u201d said she hurt her foot but did some simple treatment and then continued on with her journey:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cBut once there, during sprint training, I twisted my foot again,\u201d she told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/11\/cyborg-justinos-discusses-injury-my-desire-to-fight-was-greater-than-the-pain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cIt was the same foot\u2026 I applied ice and treated it the way an athlete does. I took pain medication and continued to train since my focus was on fighting in December.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Cyborg&#8221;, who hasn&#8217;t fought since a July 2013 win over Marloes Coenen, was extremely motivated to not only get back in action but also to earn a paycheck:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI need to work. Not only because I want to fight, but also to pay my bills. It\u2019s my job. There were days when I would wake up in Thailand, but I couldn\u2019t even walk. After a few hours, when I could walk, I would go back to training again. I didn\u2019t show it to anyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justino knew that if she cold fight through the pain and go on to win her bantamweight debut, a potential booking with UFC champ Ronda Rousey could have been next. However, once the 29-year-old Brazilian returned to the U.S., she met with a trusted doctor, who ordered an MRI and saw the extent of the damage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe examination revealed a ligament tear and several blood flow problems from having continued to train in Thailand, after the second injury,\u201d Justino said. \u201cBut every athlete is like that and trains until the bitter end.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfter that, I had to stop everything and start treatment because it was only getting worse. \u2026 I was very sad about the outcome. I knew I didn\u2019t feel good, but my desire to fight was greater than the pain.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Justino hopes to return to fight camp in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for all your MMA News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Strikeforce champion Cristiane &#8216;Cyborg&#8217; Justino was expected to headline next week\u2019s Invicta FC 10 event. Unfortunately for fight fans, Justino was forced to pull out of the December 5 headlining bout with an injury. Prior to her recent training trip to Thailand, \u201cCyborg\u201d said she hurt her foot but did some simple treatment and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":117508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10430],"tags":[4907,9,2697,9861,649],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyborg Fought Through Pain Till The Very End | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cyborg Fought Through Pain Till The Very End\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/invicta-fc\/needed-cyborg-fought-pain-till-end\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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