{"id":27580,"date":"2012-05-31T13:58:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=27580"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:33:59","slug":"the-dangers-of-training-faber-student-paralyzed-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/the-dangers-of-training-faber-student-paralyzed-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers Of Training &#124; Faber Student Paralyzed &#124; MMA NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/paral.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"paral\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27585\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The sad news of a young athlete being paralyzed will never be softened by euphemisms or optimistic outlooks. Such is the case with 22-year-old Devin Johnson who was recently paralyzed during training session at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/2011\/06\/10\/ufc-fighter-urijah-faber-fan-page-13848.html\">Urijah Faber<\/a>&#8216;s Ultimate Fitness Gym in what sounds like a guillotine attempt during a takedown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news10.net\/news\/local\/article\/194989\/2\/Sacramento-MMA-fighter-suffers-critical-injury-during-training\">Sacramento&#8217;s News 10<\/a> has the full story:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>Devin Johnson, 22, was sparring at the facility, located on the 1700 block of I Street on May 14 when he fell while in a headlock.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>When Devin arrived at UC Davis Medical Center he was paralyzed. The impact from the fall dislocated Devin&#8217;s spine.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>&#8220;What Mr. Johnson, unfortunately, had was injury between his fourth and fifth spine in his neck,&#8221; said Dr. Kee Kim, Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery at UC Davis Medical Center.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Johnson&#8217;s spine slipped and caused damage to the spinal cord, causing what&#8217;s called facet fracture-dislocation. Kim used a metal implant to stabilize Johnson&#8217;s spine. It was his first time treating a patient who suffered a spinal cord injury from MMA.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thoughts go out to Devin and his family from the entire BJPENN.com staff.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sad news of a young athlete being paralyzed will never be softened by euphemisms or optimistic outlooks. Such is the case with 22-year-old Devin Johnson who was recently paralyzed during training session at Urijah Faber&#8216;s Ultimate Fitness Gym in what sounds like a guillotine attempt during a takedown. 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