Video of the Day: What Happened to Gurgel's Knee?

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Masakazu Imanari that’s what. Check this clip, listen to Gurgel’s knee pop if you can hear it over the screaming. Those heel hooks are nasty.

Jorge Gurgel is fighting Diego Saraiva at next week’s UFC 73. I hope Gurgel has a game plan in mind to protect the knee that Imanari’s heel hook blew out, other wise I think it’ll be a long time in rehab for Jorge because he’s about to fight a man with a proven record of ending fights via heel hook.

Of course Gurgel has submission skillz too, but Diego’s got no bum knee that I know of.

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

Video of the Day: What Happened to Gurgel’s Knee?

Nate Wilcox