Middleweight Nate Quarry has once again found himself on the sidelines, recovering from a facial injury sustained at party in Albany, Ore., more than one month ago.
The “Rock” broke his orbital floor -– a bone that keeps an eye in place -– when he was on the wrong end of a golfer’s back swing, according to FCFighter.com. It certainly sounds painful, but fortunately for him, it is nowhere near as serious as the severe back injury that nearly cost him his fighting career.
Here’s a snip from Nate:
“I’m just glad it was me and not some kid or other woman. We had grown men swinging these clubs. If it would have hit a kid or a woman, it would have smashed their face.”
Quarry is on a two-fight win streak since his return to the Octagon almost one year ago. The former 185-pound title challenger knocked the rust off after almost two years of inactivity by knocking out Pete Sell at UFC Fight Night 11 in September 2007.
He then followed up that performance with a unanimous decision win over an extremely elusive Kalib Starnes at UFC 83: “Serra vs St. Pierre 2” in April of this year.
Quarry indicates that he will be ready for action in November or December. There is a pay-per-view (PPV) event rumored for November 15 in Portland, Ore., which would essentially be a fight in his hometown.
Here’s to a speedy recovery.
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Ouch, props to Quarry for takin it like that, I’d be lookin to press charges if I got f’d up that bad.
“over an extremely elusive Kalib Starnes”
That’s pretty funny.
Lol. I was thinking the same thing. Kalib “Back Pedal” Starnes.
He is a straight-up kind of guy, I like that. But it IS funny!!
if there was legit golf being played, how would he press charges for that??? he’s the one that got too close. if it was some drunk moron just swinging a club, then that would be a different story.
How would you have like to been that guy who hit Nate? If it was me, I would have hit him again so he wouldn’t chase me down like he did to Starnes!
lol….hey maybe it was kalib who hit him with the golf club and elusived himself the hell out of there before waurry could pres charges…but yeah your was funnier…i think i would hit him again to make sure hes it out so he wouldnt extremly run me down!
Yea it’s kind of mum on the whole situation, but you can always press charges especially if there’s alchohal involved, get a good lawyer and make money the American way =P
there is already legal precedent, when the judge ruled in that case where teh dude tried to sue for getting hit with a golfball while playing a round.
lol yeah the judge ruled Against the the guy and said that by playing on the course he was accepting the risk of possible injury.
“If it would have hit a kid or a woman, it would have smashed their face.”
Like it smashed yours?
Mr. negative strikes again
lol.
Guys, please do understand. He’s an introvert, no friends, hehe!!
Hmmmmm……never viewed golf as a contact sport before this.
Not negative…just true.
That’s some bad luck right there. Getting hit with anything golf related (club, ball, cart) can be very bad. Quarry’s comeback fight against Pete Sell made me gain a lot of respect for a guy I was already a huge fan of.
Here’s to Nate Quarry being a warrior ! I’m a fan for life
Yup. I liked Nate ever since TUF. Seems like an all around good dude. Hopefully we see him fight again this year.
yeah same here…where he thought bonnar came off as a retard! lol
Yeah same with me. Seemed like a really good guy on TUF and have like him ever since.
are you my daddy?..well you never know i just might be…my favorite season by far…great action alot of hilarious crap…”wake up diego…the aliens are coming to get you”
If it wasn’t for bad luck he’d have no luck at all.
Lol..that sucks!! First it’s his ankle..on a serious note that back injury.. and surgery was remarkable.. and now his socket.. and while playing golf.
Yikes!
This guy is Cool. He is happy it was him and not some kid. so his job could be on the line and all he thinks about is it was not a some little kid. True class. Hope this guys gets a ton of respect all through out his career. Props to Nate
I hope that poor golf clubs alright
golf is a dangerous sport! i don’t get how everybody can’t see that!
damn. here all this time i thought i was the only one dumb enough to get popped in the eye with a backswing. i was lucky though, the club must have just hit me the right way cuz nothing got broke and i didnt even get a black eye. it felt like getting poked in the eye and only stung for a few minutes. lol! golf is only dangerous when your not paying attention.
or if your playing in FL, goddamn gators
nate needs to work on his head movement. come one nate dont be so stiff, lets get some fluid in your movement and avoid golf clubs.
I hope they are serious about the event in Portland Oregon, that would for sure be my first live event! Now I can only pray they give me a better card than last november’s “Evans vs Bisbing” headliner! What was up with that ppv? I would like to at least see a title fight but which belt could be up for grabs? If BJ fights GSP at NYE than both the 155 and 170 belts are tied up, plus Noguiera vs Mir is on NYE. And If Chuck beats Rashaad he will probably fight for the title on NYE. That does not seem to leave many big fights for November 15.
Man, is this accident prone or what? First some guy lands on his ankle during training and takes him off TUF, then he walks into Franklin’s fist and get severely KO’d, then runs a marathon chasing some guy who’s more elusive than Nessie and now this!
If this guy didn’t have bad luck, he’d have none at all.