The UFC light heavyweight champion told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour that he tore his right adductor muscle (near the groin) and is still debating whether or not to have surgery. Cormier said depending on his course of treatment, he could be back in the Octagon by February or March.
Cormier said his doctors have given him the choice to just rest it, get platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, or have legitimate surgery. Resting would take five months, Cormier said, and he wants to be back sooner. PRP treatments could get him back earlier than that and surgery might get him back in the gym in eight weeks.