Strikeforce heavyweight prospect, Shane Del Rosario appears to be in a bad way following a recent car accident in Laguna Niguel, California on April 14th after his trainer, Colin Oyama, revealed that the fighter was having “serious physical difficulties” as he attempts to recover. Speaking via MMAJunkie.com, Oyama said:
“He’s having some serious physical difficulties. He’s planning on [fighting again], but the injuries are serious enough to where it’s kind of in question whether he can or not. We’re hoping that he can. We’ll know more in six months. He was at a complete stop. This lady was drunk at 6 p.m. – I’m not sure how you’re drunk at 6 p.m. – but she lost control of her car, smashed into him, and apparently tried to flee the scene. The cops chased her down and caught her.”
“Obviously, he’s contacted an attorney, and he’s gone to some of the best specialists around, so we’ll see. Zuffa and Strikeforce have definitely helped with that. We’ll know more in a couple of months. He’s been trying to go to rehab as much as possible, but it’s difficult with the lawsuit in what you can and can’t do. Everything you do is affecting the lawsuit. People following him (and saying), ‘Oh, he’s not hurt, he can walk.’ It’s like, come on. Are you kidding me?”
“If anything it will become a big legal distraction for him. But as far as training, he won’t be able to train for probably another two or three months.”
The heavyweight powerhouse was due to take on fellow undefeated prospect, Daniel Cormier on the forthcoming June 18th card in Dallas, Texas and had been favourite to enter the heavyweight grand prix as an alternate if anything had happened to those still actively involved. Stay tuned to MMABay for more on this situation as it breaks.
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