That break during the fight was one of the sickest injuries i've seen. The only other one i can think of that was that gross was the injury Sycho Sid suffered in his wrestling match when he landed on his foot and broke it in the same way that Corey did.
The man gets all my respect for even going and sparring, much less actually wanting to get back in to the cage. This dude has a never say die attitude.
I hope that the UFC would help him out financially. Maybe set up a fund where other fighters can pitch in to help him out and have the UFC match 50% of all donations?
I am concerned though that if he ever returns to fight that some opponents will target his leg specifically. I dont know how much better his leg will be after rehab but there will always be that pyschological effect knowing that you already broke it once. He may be hesitant to throw his leg out there for fear of it breaking again. His opponent might go right after it to make him break mentally and back up. He could get taken down and have a leg submission put on him to make him think about tapping instead of fighting out of it.
All in all i hope he comes back stronger then ever but i think the reality of it is that he will have a very tough road ahead of him in the pyschological department when and if he steps in the cage.
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