Former UFC star suffers broken penis as he describes 'absurd pain' of horror injury
He underwent emergency surgery after suffering the horror injury
A former UFC star has revealed he suffered a horror injury by fracturing his penis during a grappling session.
Mateus Mendonca underwent emergency surgery after he was kneed below the belt while training in Brazil. As a result of the injury, the 11-3 MMA fighter will be unable to train for two months after he was left in "absurd pain".
The 25-year-old told MMA Fighting: "I was training with [a teammate], and he landed his knee on my penis, and I felt an absurd pain and went to the bathroom. I was in Sao Paulo the other day, and my thing looked weird, it looked different, it has a lump.
"My girl told me to go to the hospital and they did an ultrasound exam, and told me to go to a different hospital right away for an emergency surgery."
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Mendonca is now raffling off items from his UFC run on social media to earn some money while he is unable to train, fight or teach martial arts. "The doctor told me to avoid training and teaching for two months," he added.
"I have to stay at home and do nothing. I can't teach and train, so I'm raffling that to have some money. I have a little daughter, and I brought my family with me to Sao Paulo to start training."
Mendonca earned a UFC contract after beating Ashiek Ajim on Dana White's Contender Series, but he was released from the promotion after suffering three straight losses to Javid Basharat, Nate Maness and Jesus Aguilar, reports The Mirror.
Mendonca is teammates with former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, who picked up a win over Michael Chandler at UFC 309 last month to put himself back in contention for a shot at reigning champion Islam Makhachev.
Makhachev, who won the title by submitting Oliveira at UFC 280, is set to defend his belt against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311 in January. However, Oliveira could get the next title shot with the Brazilian the number two ranked lightweight contender behind Tsarukyan.
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