After winning the fight, Paulo Borrachinha started to worry about the problem in his right hand and had to undergo surgery on the spot.
After conquering another victory, the fighter Paulo Borrachinha surprised his followers by revealing that he had suffered a more serious injury to his right hand. On your channel in the ‘Youtube‘, the Brazilian told details of what happened during the fight with Luke Rockhold and said he needed surgery to correct the problem.
In his report, Paulo Borrachinha said that he fractured the metacarpal bone of his right hand in the fight held last weekend. Very upset about the injury, the UFC fighter made it clear that he had to undergo surgery to treat the injury and regretted the fact that he had to be out of the Octagon for a certain period in the final stretch of this year.
“I broke my hand in the fight. I thought it was a bone or ligament injury, but it really was a fracture of the metacarpal bone. I didn’t want it to have broken because I wanted to fight quickly in 50, 60 days, to enjoy the physical conditioning and all that work I’ve done.”, reported Paulo Borrachinha on his channel.
“But I had a broken hand and it requires recovery time. It’s a shorter time than ligament injury, joint injury. I’ve had a joint injury, a tendon ligament injury and it takes a long time to come back. In my case, it won’t be just gluing the bone, there is a surgery“, lamented the Brazilian UFC fighter.
In addition to telling details of the injury, Paulo Borrachinha projected the time he will be away from the world of fights. According to him, the injury takes eight to nine weeks to be treated, which would leave him out of the duels until the month of November. Thus, the fighter’s forecast is to return to active duty in December or just in early 2023.
“The glove is too small, it’s a lot of power in the punch, it catches in parts and ends up happening. never happened [comigo] in MMA and I knew that the chance of it happening was very high and it was this time. Glad I won. It’s five to six weeks for the bone collar, plus two or three of physical therapy. Meanwhile I can run normal, kick, train grappling. At eight weeks, I’m back. I’ll have to fight in December or early January. We have the UFC in Rio and it may happen there“, finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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