23+ Thiago Santos Knee Injury Background. That streak will end later tonight (sat., nov. Santos is fighting for the first time since a title fight loss to jon jones in july 2019 as he returns from serious knee and leg injuries suffered in that fight.

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Our friends over at mma fighting with the full report on santos' injury. It's going to be really interesting to see how thiago santos returns from his slew of leg and knee injuries suffered in his close title challenge loss to jon jones last year. Turns out that his other knee wasn't 100 percent.

Santos manager alex davis confirmed to espn that the fighter tore.

But he's also willing to fight adesanya himself, should the opportunity arise. Thiago santos de lima (born january 7, 1984) is a brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the light heavyweight division of the ultimate fighting championship.a professional competitor since 2010, he gained entrance into the ufc by competing on the ultimate fighter: I hope this explanation helps with you avoiding this kind of injury. Cause mma, our goat nearly lost to a dude on one leg.