thecomish:
The injury was quite possibly a byproduct of a car crash Riggs suffered in the lead up to his canceled fight at the WCO last month. Agent Ken Pavia said that Riggs was at the hospital having the injury checked out, but nothing more is known about his condition at this time.
at 01:42PM 02/24/08
ian:
I thought for sure I'd get a "you should have seen the other guy"
at 02:00PM 02/24/08
jen:
this picture makes me sick to my stomach... i hate seeing people hurt :(
at 02:02PM 02/24/08
tracylee:
he walked out of the hospital at 3am.. the stretcher was precautionary
at 11:02PM 02/25/08
thecomish:
This Thursday, Joe “Diesel” Riggs will undergo surgery to repair spinal damage sustained in his fight with Cory Devela at “Strikeforce at the Dome” last Saturday.
Doctors will use a procedure called Radiofrequency Denervation to heat the inside of his spinal discs, which will relieve pressure on his sciatic nerve that was aggravated by two previous back injuries.
On the bright side, the procedure has a short recovery period. Doctors have told Riggs he can get back into the gym a week after the process. Just to be safe, he’s taking two.