It was going to be another hard recovery, another comeback story in a lifetime of them for Court McGee.
Doctors told the UFC middleweight almost two years ago now that he had a detached scapholunate ligament in his right hand. That's the ligament that essentially binds the wrist and hand, allowing a person to grip things. McGee was going to be out of action for at least a year. Probably more.
"I was just devastated," McGee said.
One day in the middle of last year, McGee was leaving a physical therapy appointment in his hometown of Provo, Utah, when a car pulled up right next to his.