Former UFC fighter Mateus Mendonca fractured his penis whereas coaching jiu jitsu – in the event you didn’t simply throw up in your mouth, you aren’t a person.
“I used to be coaching jiu-jitsu in Maranhão,” Mendonca stated in an interview with AG Combat. “I used to be there spending holidays at my mom’s home. I went to coach jiu-jitsu at my instructor’s academy, the day earlier than returning to São Paulo. Within the second roll, I went to roll with Bruno and he put his knee on my non-public elements, when he was making an attempt to move the guard. I felt an absurd ache and ran to the toilet, it began to burn. However then the ache handed and I continued. Once I was already right here (in São Paulo), a month later, coaching usually, with out ache, I began to note some issues. I began to stir and there was a lump. Then I went to the hospital. Once I obtained there, the physician did an examination and instantly transferred me to a different hospital to do that surgical procedure,” stated Mateus.
The 25-year-old fighter generally known as “Bocão” says that he’ll now put on a protecting cup in all coaching.
“It’s good to be alert to everybody – all the blokes who practice jiu-jitsu, grappling, MMA, every part you’ve contact with: use a cup to keep away from accidents. I, from at the moment on, will be any coaching, I don’t practice with out a cup anymore (laughs). It’s important to stop your self. It doesn’t harm, it prevents accidents, it avoids a number of issues. I used to spar and I wasn’t used to carrying a cup, no coaching. Nearly nobody is used to coaching with a cup, they solely use it when they’re going to struggle. I’m going to inform everybody now: use the cup in any scenario. As a result of at any second it could actually occur (an accident). This had by no means occurred to me, it was the primary time, and look what occurred, I needed to have surgical procedure, I’ve to remain out for 2 months.”
Mateus Mendonca holds an 11-3 skilled blended martial arts document and went 0-3 within the UFC after securing a win on Dana White’s Contender Collection.
