After going 0-3 beneath the UFC banner, Mendonca was handed his launch earlier this yr. Nonetheless, that turned out to be the least of his considerations. Throughout a latest interview, the featherweight out of Maranhao, Brazil revealed that he fractured his penis throughout a reasonably routine jiu-jitsu coaching session.
“I went to train jiu-jitsu at my teacher’s gym the day before I returned to Sao Paulo,” Mendonca instructed AgFight. “Throughout the second roll, [my partner] hit my personal components together with his knee after I was making an attempt to move the guard. I felt an unimaginable quantity of ache and ran to the lavatory. It began to burn. However then the ache went away and I saved going.
“A month later, coaching usually with out ache, I began to note some issues. I began to maneuver and there was a lump. So I went to the hospital. Once I obtained there, the physician did an examination and instantly transferred me to a different hospital for surgical procedure.
Dominick Cruz chimes in on Mendonca’s trauma under the belt
Whereas most guys have been sympathetic to Mendonca’s damage — if not downright horrified — it was former two-time bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz who determined to seek out the humor within the state of affairs by quoting ex-Navy SEAL and ultramarathon runner David Goggins.
Although most BJJ athletes don’t put on protecting gear whereas coaching because it usually restricts their motion, Mendonca extremely encourages each athlete to take the mandatory precautions.
In spite of everything, you by no means know when somebody goes to carry a knee and inadvertently break your penis.
“It’s a good idea to warn everyone,” Mendonca stated. “All the guys who train jiu-jitsu, grappling, MMA, anything that involves contact: wear a cup to avoid accidents. This had never happened to me. It was the first time and look what happened. I had to have surgery. I had to be out of action for two months.”
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