As most people have already heard, Sakuraba collapsed during training on Monday and was rushed to a hospital. On Tuesday, doctors were still not able to conduct detailed tests to pinpoint a condition.
Some news sources are reporting that test results are now coming back. Sakuraba's collapse is related to 椎骨脳底動脈 (tsuikotsu-noutei-doumyaku), which are blood vessels that run up to the brain from the sides of the spine. I tried to do a quick check, and I think the condition in English is called vertebrobasilar insufficiency or maybe TIA. I am not a doctor, so please look it up on web search. However, it seems that this condition makes the victim susceptible to stroke.
If this is a correct diagnosis, I think that Sakuraba should not enter the ring anymore. Let us pray for him and his wife and kids.
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