Former UFC fighter Matheus Mendonca fractured his penis during a grappling session in Maranhão, Brazil, and underwent emergency surgery in Sao Paulo, forcing him to miss two months of training.
The 25-year-old is currently out of training and unable to teach martial arts to earn extra money, while trying to make a living by promoting raffles on social media and giving away things like UFC shirts and gloves. There is.
“I was training with[my teammate]and he slammed his knee on my penis and I felt so much pain that I went to the bathroom,” Mendonca told MMA Fighting. “The other day I was in São Paulo and mine looked strange. It looked different and there was a lump. My daughter told me to go to the hospital and they did an ultrasound and said, I was asked to go to another hospital immediately for emergency surgery.”
“Bocao”, a teammate of former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira on the Shoot Boxe Diego Lima team, is an American who fought in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions from 2023 to 2024. Tagon was undefeated in three fights and was released from his contract, but he bounced back with a 20-second kneebar victory and defeated Luan Matheus in a featherweight showdown in Rio de Janeiro in October of this year, raising his MMA record to 11-3. And so.
“My doctor told me to avoid training and coaching for two months,” Mendonca said. “I have to stay at home and do nothing. I can’t teach or train, so I’m doing draws to earn money. I have a little daughter, so I need to start training. I took my family to São Paulo.
