Although lightweight Franscisco Trinaldo ended up defeating Evan Dunham via body shot TKO at UFC Sao Paulo, the Brazilian veteran almost didn’t make it to the fight card at all. The reason, however, was somewhat unusual: a toothache.
In an interview for Combate, ‘Massaranduba’ confessed he experienced terrible pain when he broke a root canal and couldn’t train for an entire week. It was bad enough to make him consider pulling out of the bout several times.
“I broke a root canal, I spent one week with toothache,” Trinaldo admitted. “I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t train, I disappeared from the gym.