Bruce Buffer
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And then I went in, Dr. Eletrosh did my knee, who did Tom Brady's knee.
And one of the top guys, and I knew him from before.
And he said, Buff, Bruce, I know you.
I said, I have a four week break.
I want to be back in the octagon.
Bruce, it takes like two to three months, but if you follow what I say, I know you and I'll get you back in in four weeks.
Four weeks later, I was back in the octagon and healed up.
lo and behold five years six years later i went to do a lip sync contest uh again for the ufc and um i did billy idol's rebel yell which is one of my favorite songs and i watched this video i thought they wanted me to host and they go no we want you to just you and a few others go out and entertain the people and lip sync okay fine whatever you want i'll do it
So I, at the beginning he jumps and I go out and if you Google buffer blows knee at lip sync contest, you'll see what happened.
So I come out, I do a little jump, come down.
This was the knee I heard with George.
This knee, I heard the same thwack, the same whatever, right?
And it's a three minute rendition of Rebel Yell and 45 seconds in, my knee went out twice during that period.
Finally, I fell and I didn't fall on the octagon.
And you see me on my back doing this.
Then I get up and do the air guitar, finish the whole bit.
get out and uh uh go into next morning to get an mri and they go well you severed your acl you need to like rest this that the other go i got to be in the octagon in three hours okay get me a brace right now here's the kicker guys this was the one time uh the ufc had it was a fight night it was uh you know like ultimate fighter show at fight night said they had three shows in a row
three days in a row three shows i blow my acl the night before the first one so i would go to the show go back i sit sleep brace up go back to show go back i sit sleep and i did all three shows everybody else involved no you were suffering through this yeah that on that one yeah they knew
that one your passion is incredible you sound like a fighter like doc i got to get back in the octagon and tonight in my heart that's what i call it warrior spirit yeah you got it whether it's whether you're a fighter whether it's life whether you're whatever you got to have warrior spirit and you know let's face it the men and women of the ufc the fighters they're in there putting their blood sweat and tears and lives on the line i'm announcing i don't care what's going on i can do it dana once said he'd have to shoot me to keep me out of there yeah i've got this like blown out back blown out knee 103 degree temperature coming off line