Filed under: News , UFC , Videos It’s a good thing Joseph Duffy told UFC officials he got “clipped” during a pre-event training session. Otherwise, the concussed fighter likely would have gone ahead with his UFC Fight Night 76 headliner. Duffy (14-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), speaking in his first interview since he was forced out of a headliner with fellow lightweight Dustin Poirier (18-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) at this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 76 event, told SunSport he planned to fight on despite getting knocked down during a training session a week before the event. The Irishman, who didn’t want to disappoint fans at Dublin’s 3Arena (and the many more watching via UFC Fight Pass), was “sparring with the lads” at Montreal’s Tristar Gym. In one of his final rounds of prep in the 10-week camp, he got knocked down by an unidentified teammate
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Joseph Duffy planned to fight with concussion, still wants Dustin Poirier – MMA Junkie