Midnight Mania! ‘Lucky I Didn’t Die’

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

Simply over every week in the past, information broke that Dominick Reyes was compelled to withdraw from his scheduled bout reverse Carlos Ulberg at UFC Atlantic Metropolis. A month prior, Ulberg was the person who withdrew from the match up, which initially was presupposed to happen at UFC 297. A minor confrontation ensued after the primary withdrawal, and finally, Ulberg has been rebooked versus Alonzo Menifield.

Because it seems, that’s removed from the tip of the story. In a latest interview with Center Straightforward, Reyes revealed that he was compelled to withdraw from the combat because of sudden blot clots in his calf, a situation that might have simply turned lethal.

“God places us by some trials, and I’m having one other arduous go proper now,” Reyes defined (through MMA Junkie). “Me and Carlos had been slated to combat January twentieth. He pulled out, I don’t know why. It’s an damage, clearly, however he’s not going to say what his damage is. After which every week later, I ended up getting blood clots. Deep vein thrombosis. So yeah, I’m out for a minute.”

“I’m fortunate to be alive proper now, that’s at all times good,” Reyes continued. “We caught it early, so it didn’t develop into a pulmonary embolism, and thank God for that. Which is type of loopy as a result of I acquired a therapeutic massage. My leg was hurting, and I believed I pulled a muscle in my calf, so I acquired a therapeutic massage, and that’s the worst factor you may ever do. I’m fortunate I didn’t die on that therapeutic massage desk proper there.”

Sadly, it’s not like Reyes can simply instantly hop again into coaching both. He’s been prescribed blood thinners, so it his severe coaching choices are restricted for the subsequent few months.

When he is ready to return to motion, Reyes is trying to break a tough streak that started in February 2020 together with his controversial loss to Jon Jones. After practically taking the title, Reyes has misplaced three in a row through knockout to Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka, and Menifield.

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