Thiago Santos To Undergo Knee Surgery Out For Remainder Of 2019

Thiago Santos did what no one expected him to do at UFC 239. There, the Brazilian was taking on Jon Jones, and he had a ton of success and ended up winning the fight on one judge’s scorecards, making him the first person to do that. And, to make it more impressive, “Marreta” was dealing […]

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Thiago Santos did what no one expected him to do at UFC 239. There, the Brazilian was taking on Jon Jones, and he had a ton of success and ended up winning the fight on one judge’s scorecards, making him the first person to do that. And, to make it more impressive, “Marreta” was dealing with a bevy of injuries.

Reports came out from various places that Thiago Santos had torn every single ligament in his knee. And, he is set for surgery which will keep him out for the remainder of 2019, and until the middle of 2020. The reports say he will be out 8-12 months once he goes under the knife.

Although he did not win the fight, Santos was very pleased with his performance.

“The fight was going exactly as we trained,” Santos said at the post-fight press conference (h/t MMA Fighting). “It was a good fight. I was seeing everything, all of his strikes, and was conscious during the fight. My knee really bothered me during the fight. I did everything I could in the conditions I was. It’s a fight. We’re never 100 percent sure that we will win, but I’m satisfied. I left everything in there even after injuring my knee in the first round.

“I fought four rounds on a southpaw stance, unable to move like I usually move, unable to throw the strikes I usually throw. I didn’t shock the world because of those circumstances, but I did what I could do in those conditions and I’m satisfied.”

Whether or not he gets another shot at Jon Jones when he comes back is to be seen. But, the Brazilian gave “Bones” arguably the toughest fight of his career.

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Thiago Santos Had Knee Surgery Before UFC 239

It was evident that throughout the fight something was wrong with Thiago Santos’ knee in his UFC 239 main event against Jon Jones. It buckled over and over again and caused him problems when he kicked or blitzed forward. Now, after the fight, the Brazilian’s coach, Tata Duarte, revealed he had knee surgery prior to […]

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It was evident that throughout the fight something was wrong with Thiago Santos’ knee in his UFC 239 main event against Jon Jones. It buckled over and over again and caused him problems when he kicked or blitzed forward.

Now, after the fight, the Brazilian’s coach, Tata Duarte, revealed he had knee surgery prior to his pay-per-view (PPV) title fight:

“The camp started with a 45-day delay. Thiago only had two months to prepare for this fight, but still didn’t want to pull out,” Duarte said to MMA Fighting. “The doctor gave us a timeline but we had a problem later. Heather (Linden), physical therapist of the UFC, was the one who recovered his knee. She was at UFC 237 in Rio and kept working on his knee for six days straight and found out what the problem was and was able to fix it. That’s when he started his camp.

“We told him, ‘Thiago, let’s pull out of the fight,’ and he said, ‘No, I won’t pull out.’ He didn’t want to. We did this camp in two months. It should have been at least three months, but we didn’t have that time.”

Santos’ camp believes that, had his knee not been injured, he would have been able to at least drop Jones. Or, possibly even knock him out. He couldn’t put as much power behind his punches as usual. Now, the Santos camp waits for what is next, but they don’t believe it will be an immediate rematch:

“I think there’s no way that happens,” Duarte said. “I think Thiago will have to fight one more time and then they give him a rematch if the path is clear again. The UFC does what they want.”

“But I’ll say this: our goal was accomplished. He shocked the world. This guy’s life story, man, he comes out huge after this fight. He knows he’s a complete fighter, he knows he can do five rounds with anyone. He did five rounds with someone that people say is invincible, the best of all time, and did that on one knee. Imagine if he had both legs.”

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Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos Early Betting Odds

Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos early betting odds are out as this fight was recently announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion. The UFC light heavyweight champion will make his next title defense against this title contender at the upcoming UFC 239 pay-per-view event. According to the oddsmakers, Jones is a -800 (1/8) to beat Santos, […]

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Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos early betting odds are out as this fight was recently announced by the Las Vegas-based promotion.

The UFC light heavyweight champion will make his next title defense against this title contender at the upcoming UFC 239 pay-per-view event. According to the oddsmakers, Jones is a -800 (1/8) to beat Santos, who is a +575 (23/4) underdog.

The champ was able to secure a unanimous decision win over Anthony Smith in the headliner of the UFC 235 pay-per-view event in his last fight. This show went down on March 2, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The top contender beat Jan B?achowicz by TKO in the headliner of the UFC on ESPN + 3 event in his last fight. This show went down at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on February 23, 2019. After the fight, he made it known that he wants to challenge Jones for the strap.

UFC President Dana White stated in 2016 he would never take the risk of headlining a show with Jones again. That has changed, as Jones has headlined two shows since then. And now he’s about to do it for the third time.

The UFC 238 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks. Here’s the updated card:

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Jon Jones (c) vs. Thiago Santos

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout: Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Holly Holm

Light Heavyweight bout: Jan B?achowicz vs. Luke Rockhold

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