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UFC NEWS: Griffin reportedly suffered jaw injury at 101; ran out to get medical attention
Aug 9, 2009 - 2:38:35 PM UFC NEWS: Griffin reportedly suffered jaw injury at 101; ran out to get medical attention

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Forrest Griffin [artist Cory Gould (c) MMATorch]

Following the third knockdown punch from Anderson Silva at UFC 101, Forrest Griffin fell to the mat and raised his hands in the air as if he were done and the fight was stopped. Immediately after, Griffin ran out of the cage and to the back, where he quickly vacated his locker room and left the building.

UFC President Dana White at the post fight press conference said he didn't know where Forrest was, joking "He might be in Georgia by now, he ran out and I haven’t seen him since." The bizarre post fight exodus has prompted fans to question everything from Forrest throwing the fight to just quitting after the last knockdown and at the very least expressing disappointment in the perceived lack of sportsmanship after the fight to just up and leave. White shrugged it off as Forrest being Forrest, saying "he's an emotional guy. He really thought he could come in and win this fight."

A report from Gareth Davies at Telegraph.co.uk states that there was a reason for Griffin's hasty exit. The report says that according to Forrest's camp, Griffin suffered a jaw injury early in the bout and couldn't hear out of one ear, thus he was taken to the hospital quickly after the fight.

This was not the first time Forrest has run out of the cage, as after his loss to Keith Jardine at UFC 66 he broke down and ran out of the cage. That night, however, he did return to give a quick statement before leaving once again. Last night, Griffin's loss was arguably, as Joe Rogan put it, "one of the most embarrassing knockouts" ever seen in the Octagon, with Forrest lunging forward with two straight arm punches and running into a right hand jab from Silva, dropping to the canvas.

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Penick's Analysis: We're all going to be awaiting an official response from Forrest or his camp on what happened here, but if he was really in need of quick medical attention it makes more sense of last night's post fight events. It was an embarrassing loss, surprisingly, considering he wasn't expected to win against the best fighter in the world. He was simply outclassed and as he discussed leading into the fight, he was the next in the line of good fighters made to look bad at the hands of Anderson Silva.