“While I was in brazil I started losing my vision in my right eye. I saw a dr that told me to go back to us immediately. My friend/surgeon from biloxi got me an emergency surgery scheduled in alabama now just trying to recover. No contact for 6 weeks. Sorry to my trainers. Sorry to ufc & demian Maia, I know he has been training specifically for me. Sorry to my fans as well. As long as I get released from dr I will try to make ufn 22 to see my fans and watch the fights.”
This is a huge hit to the UFC, who can you get to replace him, most of the top middleweights have either fought recently(Munoz and Okami), are getting ready to fight(Sonnen and Marquardt), are in an upcoming main event(Bisping and Akiyama) or are out because of injury(Wandy). The only person i see taking this fight is Chris Leban.