The phrase "torn anterior cruciate ligament" is one of the most dreaded an elite athlete can hear. Many elite careers have been stopped dead in their tracks by a simple misstep, as the body goes one way while the knee goes the other.
But Carlos Condit (29-8) is looking at his major knee injury, which was suffered on a simple takedown, as something of a blessing in disguise.
As one of the sport's most popular fighters gets set to return to the cage on Saturday, the 31-year-old Albuquerque native says that he took a philosophical approach to an injury which has stopped the careers of some of the world's greatest athletes.