Cyborg "I can fight in 3 months"

[Wild]

At Bellator 158, Michael Page took on Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos in one of the most highly anticipated bouts of the weekend. It resulted in one of the most horrific injuries in MMA history when Page put a dent Cyborg's skull with a jumping knee. Literally.

After the bout, Santos was taken to a local hospital where it was determined that he had fractured his skull. Santos said that he was currently under observations and would undergo surgery in the United States. He also said that this wouldn't be the end of his MMA career, vowing to "return soon." To most fighters, "soon" would be sometime next year; but not to Santos.

Santos' ex-wife Cris Cyborg (the better known Cyborg) says she spoke with Santos and that he said he would be ready to fight before the end of the year.

"I spoke with him yesterday. He no have any problems. He talks normal and he feels the pain a little bit but he's got medicine and they give him pills and he's okay. He's okay. Just you can see his head is not okay but he's so funny because he says, "aw I can fight in three months!" I said, "no man, you cannot fight in three months!"

LINK: Morning Report: Cris Cyborg says her ex-husband Evangelista Santos told her he can fight in 3 months

 

[SolderofGod]

Good pills.

 

[BJJMMA]

I am not a doctor. Just a football coach who has seen some bone injuries but nothing like this. That seems.....ambitious.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

I would hope no athletic commision in the world would let him fight that soon.

I'm from Texas though, so I have my doubts....

 

[The Sound of Violence]

I said, "no man, you cannot fight in three months!"

Never thought I'd say this, but someone should put Cris in charge of matchmaking at Bellator. At least she understands medical suspensions and the severity of concussions...

 

[Ghost Bro]

Must've been as bad as it looked then..oh boy.

 

[Punch]

Opiates can help you do and say some goofy shit.

 

[Atto]

no Cyborg you can't fight in 3 months.. you need at least 9 months off with that kind of injury

 

[Stillmatic]

That's a true fighters mentality.
I hope he recovers well.

 

[Robbie Hart]

No way

 

[Wild]

no Cyborg you can't find in 3 months.. you need at least 9 months off with that kind of injury

Or more. Dude is either crazy as hell or has balls the size of grapefruits.

 

[Jimmy Wilde]

Or more. Dude is either crazy as hell or has balls the size of grapefruits.

It's a guy with fighter's heart, probably very low overall intelligence and no money. With those injuries, the guy shouldn't be fighting for at least a year. Big, Big John said it was the hardest knee that he's ever seen landed.

 

[Atto]

Or more. Dude is either crazy as hell or has balls the size of grapefruits.

I think he is just trying to act tough .. I am so tough and this injury means shit to me..

 

[Ryann Von Doom]

That's a true fighters mentality.
I hope he recovers well.

This.. and that he has someone around him to keep that from happening. He must be off at least 1 year.

 

[ECC170]

He needs to coach..he's could die in there..After Manhoefs war a piece of him was never the same..

 

[sparkuri]

If he got clearance, that's one fight I will refuse to watch.
I would hope someone close would encourage him to re-think his life at this point.
The frontal lobe is that processing part, and it sounds like it may have sustained a bit of damage if he thinks he's ready in 3.

 

[Punch]

If he got clearance, that's one fight I will refuse to watch.
I would hope someone close would encourage him to re-think his life at this point.
The frontal lobe is that processing part, and it sounds like it may have sustained a bit of damage if he thinks he's ready in 3.

@Obi-Wan-In-A-Million could do it.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

Rest of the world to Cyborg: No you fucking can't.

 

[Andrewsimar Palhardass]

I know they won't but if Bellator schedules him to fight in 3 months I'm not sure I would be able to support them as an organization anymore.

 

[megatherium]

Let's hope no commission is sleazy enough to put a guy with a metal plate in his skull in the ring.

I know that in hockey a metal plate in your skull means a transition into coaching. And that's a sport with helmets.

 

[SongExotic2]

Or more. Dude is either crazy as hell or has balls the size of grapefruits.

Or maybe


Just maybe


Hear me out here


Maybe


He got caught with a knee to the dome so hard it broke his head and fucked up his train of thought a little.


Maybe



Maybe

 

[Jesus X]

Opiates can help you do and say some goofy shit.

Qfmft

 

[Jesus X]

 

[Jesus X]

If he got clearance, that's one fight I will refuse to watch.
I would hope someone close would encourage him to re-think his life at this point.
The frontal lobe is that processing part, and it sounds like it may have sustained a bit of damage if he thinks he's ready in 3.

Those frontal lobe injuries are no joke.

 

[627]

no Cyborg you can't find in 3 months.. you need at least 9 months off with that kind of injury

At his age and the battles he has been through after this injury I hope he hangs em up.