Who determines when a fighter is too injured to fight?

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Is it his own doctor, team doctor or an independent doctor or a UFC doctor?
 
Darqnezz

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It should be the team doctor. Nothing should be more important than the health of the fighter.
 
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Morpheus said:
fake injuries and fans losing out on great fights/tickets bought
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Oh ok, we are into conspiracy theories of the UFC is helping fighters fake injuries to get out of drug testing? Drug testing they introduced, and have let catch one of their most bankable stars. Where you at Eddie Bravo? Where you at Eddie!?
 
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Zeph said:
Oh ok, we are into conspiracy theories of the UFC is helping fighters fake injuries to get out of drug testing? Drug testing they introduced, and have let catch one of their most bankable stars. Where you at Eddie Bravo? Where you at Eddie!?
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nah. but if a fighter tells the ufc he is injured, the fly every fighter to the ufc doctor?, seems a exspensive procedure
 
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Zeph said:
Oh ok, we are into conspiracy theories of the UFC is helping fighters fake injuries to get out of drug testing? Drug testing they introduced, and have let catch one of their most bankable stars. Where you at Eddie Bravo? Where you at Eddie!?
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In the same reason I don't totally trust the company doctor who is hired by the company to investigate on the site injuries, I wouldn't trust a UFC hired doctor to determine the extent of a fighter's injuries. The doctor/patient relationship should not be intertwined with such incentives.

Imagine a fight is on the line a huge one, does the UFC doctor, even unconciously, lean towards clearing the fighter? Maybe.

I don't think its a real conspiracy theory to discuss why you might want your own doctor to make such decision.
 
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In the same reason I don't totally trust the company doctor who is hired by the company to investigate on the site injuries, I wouldn't trust a UFC hired doctor to determine the extent of a fighter's injuries. The doctor/patient relationship should not be intertwined with such incentives.

Imagine a fight is on the line a huge one, does the UFC doctor, even unconciously, lean towards clearing the fighter? Maybe.

I don't think its a real conspiracy theory to discuss why you might want your own doctor to make such decision.
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As far as I understand it, they aren't diagnosing, just checking the injury is real and referring to specialists. I could be wrong, I'm going on memory from an article I read a while back.
 
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Zeph said:
As far as I understand it, they aren't diagnosing, just checking the injury is real and referring to specialists. I could be wrong, I'm going on memory from an article I read a while back.
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yeah dana said that, but dana lies a lot.
 
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