UFC Featherweight Champion Looks for Fall Return to the Octagon
Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith reports:
Recently, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was forced to withdraw from his scheduled title defense against Chad Mendes at UFC 133.
Since the announcement, Sherdog has released new details on Aldo’s injury situation.
The day after Aldo’s most recent fight against Mark Hominick at UFC 129, the featherweight champion began to experience numbness in his arm.
“I had a problem with my cervical vertebrae in December that was making my arm numb,” Aldo said. “I contacted a doctor and he diagnosed it a nerve entrapment, and recommended for me not to fight and to do physical therapy. I did that and got much better. I had this during the camp for the [Mark] Hominick fight, but with less intensity.”
Aldo later sought out the opinion of a second doctor in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the diagnosis remained the same.
“The doctor recommended I go through physical therapy for six weeks before training again, and that’s what I’m doing now,” Aldo said. “That’s why I won’t fight in August.”