HE BROKE HIS ARM @AndreMunizUFC
submits Jacare Souza in Round 1!!
#UFC262 pic.twitter.com/dH6tn41xhZ— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA)
May 16, 2021
Ronaldo
Souza underwent surgery on Monday to repair the broken humerus
he suffered against Andre Muniz
at UFC 262.
According to his Brazilian doctor Rickson Moraes, who followed the
process from Rio de Janeiro, the procedure was a success and
“Jacare” will be ready to return in six months.
“I just did a video call with him and saw the X-ray. The surgery
was excellent. They placed two plates to fix the bones. The team
that did the surgery will evaluate, but normally that type of
fracture takes around six months for a complete recovery,” Moraes
told Sherdog.com.
Moraes also compared “Jacare’s” surgery to the procedure underwent
by Chris
Weidman, who suffered a broken leg at UFC 261 last month.
“Both Weidman and Ronaldo have a fracture in the diaphysis of the
bone (tibia and humerus). Both cases tend have excellent returns,”
he said. “The problem is when the break affects articulations. It
was not what happened with Ronaldo and
Weidman.”
Nova Unaio leader Andre
Pederneiras, who manages and corners Souza, told Sherdog.com
that he was impressed that his fighter didn’t feel any pain when
the fracture occurred.
“‘Jacare’ told me that the referee stopped the fight when heard the
bone pop,” Pederneiras said. “But he knew what happened when he
stood up and felt the arm go totally limp.”
It’s not the first time “Jacare” has suffered a broken arm
in combat sports competition. He had his left arm broken for not
tapping against Roger
Gracie in the 2004 World Championship Jiu-Jitsu finals. Souza
allowed his arm to break so he could win the match on points.
The image of “Jacare” with the left arm raised and the right
in a cast was the cover page of Tatame Magazine that month and is
still considered one of the best jiu-jitsu matches of all time. The
following year, Gracie and “Jacare” would face each other again in
the finals of the ADCC absolute division. This time, without the
gi, the Gracie would win via rear-naked choke — the only time
“Jacare” tapped in an official competition.
“Only a jiu-jitsu practitioner knows the importance of ‘Jacare’ in
the history of our sport. I´ll never forget when I was just a blue
belt and asked him to take a picture with me at the World Jiu-Jitsu
competition, and he treated me so well,” Muniz told Sherdog.com.
“After he beat Roger in that historical fight in 2004, ‘Jacare’
proved to me and many others that anyone could be a champion.
That´s why I´m truly praying for him to have a quick recovery.”