November - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
14
Not Ready to Give Up
It seems like most fighters
who were destroyed in this
manner would never want
to enter the cage again un-
der any circumstances. This
seems especially true for a
fighter who is 38-years-old
and seems to be ready to
retire. Not so with Cyborg.
He underwent surgery in
Texas on July 27 to fix the
fracture, and he immedi-
ately made plans to start
fighting again as soon as
possible.
For now, he is resting up
and recuperating from the
effects of the devastating
injury and the surgery to
fix it. This recovery pro-
cess will be take a couple
months. It looks like he will
be cleared to start training
again sometime in Sep-
tember.
Wants to Fight Again
in December
If Santos can begin train-
ing again in September,
then he wants his next Bel-
lator fight to be in Decem-
ber. It seems like entering
the cage again so soon
after such a horrific injury
would be a risky move, but
Cyborg seems to live up to
his nickname by exhibiting
not a trace of fear. It re-
mains to be seen whether
this is a foolish move or
a heroic one, but no one
can doubt the bravery that
Santos has exhibited in the
aftermath of his terrible in-
jury.
Wants to Fight at 155
The history of Santos in
Bellator has not been very
impressive. After his loss
in brutal fashion to Cage,
Santos now has a record of
1-2 in his Bellator fights. He
wants to go down to light-
weight and fight at 155
pounds, which seems like
a smart move. Dropping
down in weight should
help to prevent him from
facing the kind of power
that caused his gruesome
skull fracture. Even though
he will be safer, it is unlike-
ly that he will be favored.
A Betonline review of the
odds when they are posted
will likely show that he will
be a underdog no matter
who he faces.
The Debate About
Whether He Should
Fight Again
Although Santos seems
bound and determined to
get back into the cage,
it is not clear whether he
will be allowed to do so.
He has now been knocked
out in four of his last seven
fights, and that kind of re-
cord coupled with the se-
rious nature of his injury
may make it hard for Bel-
lator to let him step back
into the ring in good con-
science.
In fact, many fight fans
and pundits alike are call-
ing for Bellator to prevent
Cyborg from endangering
his health by getting back
into the cage. The man has
taken an awful lot of pun-
ishment over the last few
years, and some people
think that.
