Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu, a two-time nogi world champion and ADCC absolute gold medalist, hoped to challenge Josh Barnett for the Metamoris heavyweight crown Saturday night, but was forced out of the 20-minute match due to a rib injury.
"Disappointed is the word to describe right now," Abreu told MMAFighting.com. "It was hard to pull out from a match like this, but that’s the way it is. This injury would be a huge issue in this match."
Abreu wouldn’t be 100 percent ready despite the injury, but hurting his ribs made it impossible to go on.
"I was already overtrained," he said.