Gordon Ryan Out Against Werdum at CJJ Due to Knee Injury

February 5, 2019

Well. Dammit.

As feared, the knee injury sustained by Gordon Ryan at last weekend’s Kasai Super Series has caused the fighter to drop out of his much anticipated Combat Jiu-Jitsu matchup against Fabricio Werdum in Mexico on February 22.

Ryan announced the news himself via Instagram stories, stating:

“Thanks for all the messages about my knee guys. Just got my MRI results back…I badly strained my biceps femoris tendon and completely tore my LCL. Unfortunately I won’t be able to compete in @combatjiujitsufn this time around. Sorry Everyone, sorry @victordavilaufc, @eddiebravo10p, sorry to fans and the competitors. Gonna see what the best plan of attack is now for a speedy recovery. I’ll be back asap my royal guards. Dont worry”

The injury occurred during a leg entanglement with competitor Joao Gabriel Rocha on Saturday, February 2, in Dallas:

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Tonight I had the honor of competing agaisnt a legend in @jgrocha who has medaled in evey major comp there is and has wins over basically everyone. We had a tightly contested match for 10 min sub only and a 5 min points ot. I managed to win by 1 point for a deep heel hook attempt. Mid way through regulation I badly injured my left knee on an attempted cross ashi entrance. I went to elevate as he sprawled and there was 5 or 6 pops in half a second or so. From then on I had 0 stability in the left knee and playing certain positions were impossible. This is the 1st time I've been badly injured in competition and glad I was able to keep a good poker face for the match at least 😂. I hope you guys enjoyed the match and I'm sorry I didnt the sub as I always look for. Thank you joao for another tough match and cant wait to do it again 🙏🏻. @flograppling @kasaigrappling @hypnotik @musclepharm @mpcombat @cbdistillery_ @nfqofficial @gymking @studio540 @kimerakoffee @kimurasoapco.

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This one sucks. Whether you wanted to see Ryan slap Werdum, or Werdum smash Ryan, it’s a blow to the card. No announcement has been made at this time about Ryan’s replacement. On the plus side, we still have viking king Josh Barnett and Brazilian monster Vinny Magalhaes, so there’s that.