MMA Fighter Recovers By Playing Modern Warfare 2

[Greg Tito]

MMA Fighter Recovers By Playing Modern Warfare 2

The World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion, Jamie Varner, was told to play videogames in order to facillitate the healing of a broken bone in his right hand.

Varner broke the index metacarpal in a fight with Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone in January, 2009, in addition to two fractured bones in his left foot. The fighter spent most of 2009 recovering from that fight, which crowned him the lightweight champion. He is prepared to fight the interim champion, Ben (Smooth) Henderson, on January 10th. Part of that preparation included playing a lot of Modern Warfare 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Xbox-360/dp/B00269QLI8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278694263&sr=1-1].

"[My doctor] told me to stay playing video games because that would strengthen everything up," he said. Unfortunately, he didn't have his Xbox 360 the whole year because he had loaned it to another MMA fighter, Ryan Bader. Varner was able to get it back, however, when MW2 launched. "So I've been on that non-stop pretty much."

See, I knew it, videogames can heal all wounds.

Source: TSN [http://www.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=304838]

(Image [http://www.flickr.com/photos/superwebdeveloper/4140918127/])

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[Korten12]

time to go play more video games.

 

[OmegaXIII]

Hehe i love the excuses these stories give me.

'I play videogames because it increases my spatial awareness and finger dexterity - i'm doing it so i can be better at surgery!'

 

[hazabaza1]

What?
That's stupid.

He should have been playing Borderlands, or Dragon Age, those are the real holy games.

 

[Superasil]

See, I knew it, videogames can heal all wounds.

Yup, i kept telling people, but they just never beleived me! Now, proof! people will finally believe us. About time too.

 

[SantoUno]

Just another great story to prove that video games can indeed be a good pastime.

 

[duchaked]

hey that's pretty cool and makes a lotta sense haha

altho I feel playing Halo would offer a bit extra since you maneuver quite a bit more (i.e. jump a lot)

fighting games might be a bit overkill for healing hands xD

 

[comadorcrack]

Games help people recover - Only news on the web
Kid Cuts his thumb on the casing - FRONT PAGE GAMES KILL BALRG BLARG BLARG

 

[Armored Prayer]

See, I knew it, videogames can heal all wounds.

I can see it now...

Doctor: "Take two MW2 matches and call me in the morning."

 

[El Poncho]

It will help him get angry listening to the kids over live aswell

 

[khaimera]

Of course he would pick MW2. Stereotype overload.

 

[Outlaw Torn]

This proves that videogames make people violent! One day he is a happy, peacful cage fighter then videogames turned him into someone who fights people in a cage.

 

[Nouw]

Hehe i love the excuses these stories give me.

'I play videogames because it increases my spatial awareness and finger dexterity - i'm doing it so i can be better at surgery!'

You know that one! Hi-five!

OT: Now there's a good excuse!

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Ha! Take that, stupid parents [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97259-Frumpy-Mom-Says-Videogames-Made-by-the-Devil].

 

[Pimppeter2]

And I've just been banging my xbox across my head all this time

Someone should have told me your actually supposed to play the games

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i'm just happy i can actually get to watch the WEC on sunday

however that's pretty cool, tho he could have went out and bough a ps3 while his xbox was loaned out

 

[Jared]

Forthe most powerful wrist action around! Video games! Accept no substitute!

 

[MGlBlaze]

Haha, take that, 'videogames are the devil' people! xD

See? Computer games can be a good thing for more than just entertainment.