UFC 309’s Jon Jones reveals extensive concussion history: ‘Headache all the time’

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Brain health amongst UFC fighters is a scorching matter in the meanwhile, and maybe that’s for the perfect.

It’s not often considered in the course of the precise spotlight reel KO or slobber knocker “Struggle of the Night time,” however UFC athletes are waking up Sunday morning and feeling foggy with regularity. It’s a part of the sport, and injury incurred within the cage is commonly simply the tip of the iceberg. Former interim champion Shane Carwin, for instance, didn’t struggle within the UFC that many occasions and solely actually gotten crushed up in a single struggle, however gymnasium wars additionally took their toll and left Carwin in dire straits.

For no matter purpose, some athletes are affected worse than others. Typically, there’s hope {that a} dominant fighter who actually minimizes injury can stroll away from the game with their health intact like Demetrious Johnson. Even that’s no assure, nonetheless, which is why present Heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones, was not too long ago recorded advising his workforce mates to take the utmost warning with their mind well being. Within the course of, he additionally described a decade of getting constant complications, which is a worrying signal of repeat concussions.

“All through my entire twenties,” Jones started. “Going house with a headache on a regular basis, concussions. Now when that occurs, I get actually upset and I really feel like I did one thing improper. Actually actually attempt to shield that mind man. After you get punched within the head sufficient occasions, your capacity to see issues coming goes away. I’ve been workforce mates with guys who you couldn’t hit, after which in the direction of the tip of their profession they couldn’t cease a jab. They only couldn’t cease it. The flexibility in your mind to course of and react shortly goes away.”

At 37 years of age, Jon Jones has by no means been knocked down within the cage, not to mention completed. Hopefully, he adjusted his coaching habits early sufficient to keep away from severe longterm consequence.

On November 16, Jones will make the stroll a minimum of yet one more time as the primary occasion of UFC 309 reverse Stipe Miocic. He’s widely expected to retire afterwards, and conversations like this appear to verify that notion even when the choice upsets some fans.

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