It’ll be some time earlier than UFC light-weight standout Rafael Fiziev is again within the octagon.
In a video posted to Instagram on Monday, Fiziev instructed his followers that he tore his ACL throughout his second-round injury TKO loss to Mateusz Gamrot within the UFC Combat Evening 228 headliner. Fiziev didn’t present a timetable for his return; a typical restoration from a torn ACL is not less than eight months.
“I shall be again,” Fiziev mentioned. “I’m simply unhappy as a result of I had a really nice camp, and I used to be prepared to indicate my finest abilities. And I’m unhappy as a result of it occurred solely within the second spherical. … Now we have plans, however God has completely different plans. His plan is at all times the very best.”
Fiziev (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) suffered the damage on his plant (left) leg as he threw a physique kick together with his proper that was blocked by Gamrot. Fiziev instantly fell to the canvas in ache, permitting Gamrot to hurry him with punches that pressured referee Herb Dean to cease the combat on the 2:03 mark of Spherical 2.
It was an unlucky means for Fiziev to select up his second consecutive defeat following a March loss to Justin Gaethje by majority resolution at UFC 286. Previous to his two losses this 12 months, Fiziev was on a six-fight profitable streak that dated again to October 2019.
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