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Augusto Mendes undergoes knee surgery, hopes for late-2016 return to the UFC
- Updated: May 24, 2016
Augusto Mendes came up short in his UFC debut, suffering his first MMA loss to Cody Garbrandt in February, and won’t be back in action for awhile. The multiple-time jiu-jitsu champion was forced to undergo surgery last week to repair a left knee injury.
“I got hurt training and had to go under the knife again,” Mendes told MMA Fighting. “I tried to train for weeks, but couldn’t do it. I decided to do a MRI almost a month after I got hurt, and the exam showed that I tore my ACL and also the lateral meniscus. I had surgery on both.”
Mendes could be sidelined until 2017, but is optimistic that he will have the chance to score his first win inside the Octagon later this year.
“Doctors always say the recovery will take longer, especially in this case,” he said. …
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