Thiago Santos had to deal with an injury during his last fight, against Eric Spicely. As the middleweight told Combate, he felt a sharp pain in his thigh while getting up from a takedown, which rendered him unable to move properly for the rest of the fight.
"Right in the beginning of the fight, we went to the ground and he tried an omoplata. When I got up, I felt a very strong pull in my left thigh, I even screamed, Luckily, the ref didn't see it. Then I kicked him with the same leg and I was in a lot of pain again.