There’s no question that the physical toll of a career in fighting can be high. Fighters constantly push their bodies to extremes in the pursuit of peak performance inside the cage. Occasionally that kind of drive comes with a sharp reminder that the body can only take so much punishment.
From the sound of things, it appears former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz got one such signal earlier this year, when he had to delay a planned bout against Aleksandar Rakic due to injury. Now re-booked for May, Blachowicz recently sat down with MMA Fighting to talk about the neck injury that left him without feeling down the left side of his body.