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"All of the reports are talking about my ribs, it's actually my back," Edgar told UFC.com. "My back's been bothering me for quite some time. A few weeks ago I had to take a week off so that my back could calm down and I was trying to fight through it. I got through it and it kept blowing out on me here and there but then I ended up blowing out a rib last week. My rib kept popping in and out and then last week my back went out on me really bad, so I went to see a doctor and he said I've got bulging discs and now I'm going to go see a specialist to see what he can do about it."
"I saw a UFC doctor yesterday and he said my L2 and L5 discs are bulged, and he recommended that I don't fight right now. I can't even put my socks on or hold my kids, it's pretty bad right now."
Edgar says he wanted to fight through the pain in order to keep the UFC 130 main event intact, and does not like that he's had to pull out of the fight, but ultimately this injury was too serious to fight through.
"I was planning on going through with the fight with the back injury," he said. "I didn't want to postpone the bout at all. I feel like I lost the fight right now. I'm very depressed about this whole situation. I'm sure in a couple of days I'll realize I did the right thing by going to see a doctor. It's not fair to myself, to Gray, it's not fair to the fans to take a fight like this. I mean, I'm never 100 percent healthy when I step in the Octagon anyway but this is something different. I'm not even 30% right now. When it's really inflamed, the pain is excruciating."
Though UFC President Dana White said on Monday he believed both Edgar and Maynard would be able to return by August or September, Edgar said he's got no timetable on how long he'll be out right now. At the same time, he wants both he and Maynard to be at their best when they do meet for the third time.
"I don't know how long I'll be out. I'm hoping surgery won't be an option right now, I'm hoping I can rehab it and get better and get back to training in a month, but I can't give you any solid answer right now as to how long I'll be out," he said. "From what I hear, Gray is pretty banged up and he wasn't having the best camp either, so maybe everything happens for a reason. I know that when I fight Gray I want him to be at his best, he wants me to be at my best and I'm sure the fans want us both at our best too."
Penick's Analysis: I wouldn't hold out any hope of seeing Edgar-Maynard 3 in August. This sounds a lot more serious for Edgar than White was letting on during Monday's conference call, and with the pain he's dealing with it's going to take some time for him to even get back to a point where he can comfortably train. Back injuries are not fun, and he's going to want to take care of this as best as he possibly can before returning to action, and if he returns too soon he'll have a high probability of hurting himself even worse. I hope he can get himself better soon, but he shouldn't rush things with an injury like this.
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9293.shtml
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