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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"[The injury was] very unfortunate. This was just one of those freak accidents on a takedown. Listen, I was looking forward to that fight. Everybody was looking forward to that fight. Jon Jones was looking forward to it. Accidents happen. There's no fault to blame. What is he doing training with me? We're in the same gym. We're teammates. We have lunch [together] and we drive around together... There was no intent [to hurt him]. There's always something you can say. Sometimes it's best to say nothing and it is what it is. That's just my two cents."
-Alistair Overeem responds to criticism of him training with Jon Jones at the time of Jones' injury in an interview with MMAJunkie.com.
Penick's Analysis: Things clearly got overblown as far as Overeem's involvement in things, and his teammates at the Jackson-Winkeljohn for the most part have come out in support of him, even after Andrei Arlovski's comments. It may have been something that just happened and couldn't have been avoided. As none of us were there, it's impossible to know. Regardless, he's moving ahead, Jones is recovering, and hopefully Jones is able to get back on time for UFC 182.
[Alistair Overeem art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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