Demetrious Johnson said swelling in his groin following a unanimous-decision win over Ian McCall at UFC on FX 3 was misdiagnosed as a hernia.
After a visit this week to a specialist, he discovered he’ll need a few anti-inflammatories, but not surgery.
If an X-ray scheduled for Wednesday reveals a broken right hand, however, that could keep him on the bench – and delay a meeting with Joseph Benavidez in the championship final of the UFC’s flyweight tournament.