UFC's Thiago "Pitbull" Alves will not fight at Saturday's UFC 111, because a CAT Scan shows an irregularity in his brain ... TMZ has learned.
UFC honcho Dana White tells TMZ he will fly Pitbull to a specialist for further evaluation. White says, "If it's true, it can be career-ending."
No one will replace Pitbull on Saturday.
from bloodyelbow.com
A real shame. I honestly would have been less disappointed if the GSP vs Hardy fight fell apart.
As far as the TMZ report goes, it means nothing to me. I wanna hear it from someone a bit more reliable.
Malki Kawa, Alves' manager, did say there was no bleeding of the brain. Additionally, he said that Alves did not appear to be in immediate danger and that the finding did not appear to indicate any serious medical concern.
Junkies,
As one who's has more CTs than Clearwater's had bitches (I have Cerebral Palsy), it'll entirely depend on the exact problem. An enlarged ventricle may look bad, but may not effect function, quality of life or mobility for example. The knee-jerk reaction of "there's something wrong with his brain, he's doomed." is understandable but unlikely. There's a myriad of things it could be, what IS a potential positive is that he wasn't rushed to hospital - so that tells me it's not clotting. Which is awesome.
I guess we just play the waiting game, my prayers are with Alves and his family.
Ravyn
if they do CT scan before everyfight, that means this blimp on the CT scan must be something new or they would have caught it before, so that doesn't sound good.
ravyn said:
Junkies,
As one who's has more CTs than Clearwater's had bitches (I have Cerebral Palsy), it'll entirely depend on the exact problem. An enlarged ventricle may look bad, but may not effect function, quality of life or mobility for example. The knee-jerk reaction of "there's something wrong with his brain, he's doomed." is understandable but unlikely. There's a myriad of things it could be, what IS a potential positive is that he wasn't rushed to hospital - so that tells me it's not clotting. Which is awesome.
I guess we just play the waiting game, my prayers are with Alves and his family.
Ravyn
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very informative. i think it was more of a case where they just need further evaluation and the ufc didn't have the time to wait this out. but i don't see this being a career ender. just a hunch.
time will tell.
gg
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Yeah let's not jump the gun here, this has been one of Dana's favorite themes lately - the career ending injuries...see Brock Lesnar and Steve Cantwell...
Alves visited the Hyman Newman Institute for Neurology Friday morning, where he was diagnosed with a malformation of the left side of his brain.
Wow it could have been way more serious but it's still crazy nonetheless. I'm just glad it's nothing life threatening.
