Ronaldo Souza will have to go under the knife after the first submission defeat of his MMA career.
“Jacare” took on fellow jiu-jitsu specialist Andre Muniz in the preliminary portion of Saturday night’s UFC 262 event in Houston and had his arm broken by “Sergipano” late in round one.
The former Strikeforce middleweight champion was taken to a local hospital immediately after the bout and X-ray exams showed he has fractures his right humerus, Souza’s longtime doctor Rickson Moraes team told MMA Fighting on Sunday morning.
Since it’s an “urgent procedure,” the Brazilian fighter is expected to undergo surgery in the United States “in the coming days” instead of flying back to Brazil to have the procedure done with Dr.