Former UFC fighter Mateus Mendonca underwent emergency surgical procedure in Sao Paulo after fracturing his penis throughout a grappling session in Maranhao, Brazil, and will likely be sidelined from coaching for 2 months.
The 25-year-old is now selling raffles on his social media to make ends meet whereas sidelined from coaching and unable to earn more money instructing martial arts, freely giving his UFC shirt and gloves, amongst different objects.
“I used to be coaching with [a teammate], and he landed his knee on my penis, and I felt an absurd ache and went to the lavatory,” Mendonca instructed MMA Combating. “I used to be in Sao Paulo the opposite day, and my factor seemed bizarre, it seemed completely different, it has a lump. My lady instructed me to go to the hospital and so they did an ultrasound examination, and instructed me to go to a distinct hospital immediately for an emergency surgical procedure.”
A teammate of former UFC light-weight champion Charles Oliveira at Chute Boxe Diego Lima staff, “Bocao” went winless in three octagon appearances between 2023 and 2024 competing at bantamweight and flyweight, being launched from his contract, however rebounded with a 20-second kneebar victory over Luan Matheus in a featherweight showdown this previous October in Rio de Janeiro to convey his MMA document to 11-3.
“The physician instructed me to keep away from coaching and instructing for 2 months,” Mendonca mentioned. “I’ve to remain at house and do nothing. I can’t train and prepare, so I’m raffling that to have some cash. I’ve a little bit daughter, and I introduced my household with me to Sao Paulo to start out coaching.”
