Diego Sanchez Enrolling In Brain Study Partially Funded By The UFC
Diego Sanchez is still talking to the UFC. On Monday, he announced that he’s in talks with the UFC and has agreed (in principle) to participate in the Professional Athletes Brain Health Study.
The Cleveland Clinic’s Luo Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas runs the study, with the UFC partly funding it. Sanchez will be joining approximately 100 current and former UFC fighters already participating in the study. Sanchez admitted that he’s coordinating with the UFC for his participation. However, he doesn’t plan on relying on them solely for his care. (H/T MMAFighting.com)
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Diego Sanchez on Monday said he’s in communications with the UFC once again and has agreed in principle to enroll in the Professional Athletes Brain Health Study funded in part by the industry leader.
“We’re talking, man,” Sanchez told MMA Fighting. “We’re going to do some studies and get myself and my mental health and everything documented by the doctors at the Cleveland Health Clinic and a couple other places that they’re going to pay for me to go to. We’re going to see how that goes, and then we’re going to get a second opinion.”
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The UFC Performance Institute on Tuesday released a 484-page athlete study that includes a first-ever concussion protocol for fighters.
The protocol outlines a step-by-step procedure for a return to training and fighting in the event of a concussion, including activity levels, nutrition and other lifestyle recommendations to speed recovery.
“There are various types of concussions that athletes can experience, and treatment should be individualized depending on symptoms that they are experiencing,” the study states. “With a thorough evaluation and the proper classification of the concussion type, the fighter’s management and rehabilitation can be much improved.”
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The cost of being ‘The King’
Spencer Fisher was a popular UFC fighter for seven years. When an abnormal brain scan ended his career in 2013, he went to work for the UFC. Now, he’s living with the damage he suffered over a decade of fighting.
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One email can change the direction of your life.
For the Fisher family, it arrived on Jan. 13, 2017, the day the UFC’s then-chief legal officer informed Emily Fisher that the services of her husband, former UFC lightweight Spencer Fisher, would no longer be needed.
“I’m glad to hear that your family’s holidays were memorable,” it began.