{"id":183724,"date":"2016-01-26T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183724"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:16:21","slug":"rockhold-opens-up-on-velasquezs-back-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rockhold-opens-up-on-velasquezs-back-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockhold opens up on Velasquez&#8217;s back injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently it was announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/news-just-in-dana-white-announces-cain-velasquez-out-due-to-injury\/\">pulled out<\/a> of his UFC 196 main event scrap with Fabricio Werdum as a result of a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, it was announced that Stipe Miocic had<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-breakdown-fabricio-werdum-vs-stipe-miocic-full-fight-breakdown-by-pauile-g\/\"> filled in for Velasquez.<\/a>  Following that announcement Fabricio Werdum <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fabricio-werdum-out-ufc-196-card-less-a-main-event\/\">withdrew from the bout<\/a>, leaving UFC 196 without a main event.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/1\/25\/10828246\/luke-rockhold-on-cain-velasquez-injury-he-basically-got-no-bushings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Luke Rockhold opened up about the nature of Velasquez&#8217;s injury:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He\u2019s had a bad back for a while now.  He\u2019s been trying to fight through it and it\u2019s been progressively getting worse. He hasn\u2019t been able to spar and train much. He\u2019s been working around it, doing the best he could, but you can\u2019t go into a fight without really training. I think he just decided to pull the plug last minute. It needed to be done. He basically got no bushings in his lower discs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been an unfortunate string of injuries, of course, with Cain.  He\u2019s never had great camps going forward. I haven\u2019t talked to him. I know the situation, I know where he\u2019s been every day. It is what it is at this point. He can\u2019t go in there, he needs to go up and show up and get his title back and be healthy to do it. 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