{"id":69903,"date":"2013-09-24T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=69903"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:49:11","slug":"tj-grant-explains-concussion-injury-headaches-and-periods-of-fog-to-blame-for-cancelled-title-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/tj-grant-explains-concussion-injury-headaches-and-periods-of-fog-to-blame-for-cancelled-title-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Grant Explains Concussion Injury: Headaches and Periods Of Fog To Blame For Cancelled Title Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBGaAFq5nug\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I had to make a good decision for myself. Your brain is a different story. I still haven&#8217;t trained really, at all. I haven&#8217;t been on the mats, at all, for three months. I just want to do what&#8217;s best for myself. I&#8217;m not starting training unless my brain is 100 percent. It&#8217;s hard to say how serious it was. I was never knocked out, I didn&#8217;t see stars or anything. I just got hit in the head. I put my head out to stop a sweep. But I also fought two weeks before and I took a couple shots in that fight too, so maybe I shouldn&#8217;t have been training, I don&#8217;t know. It just happened. I&#8217;m just looking to be as safe as possible and get myself back to 100 percent and then resume my career. I accept the risks involved with this job, it&#8217;s a contact sport [but] I&#8217;m not 100 percent. I still have mild headaches, a little bit of fog. It&#8217;s more of just the fog.than anything, and when you exercise it can make it worse. I want my long-term health, no matter what. 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