Anderson Silva underwent surgery three days before his planned bout with Uriah Hall at UFC 198, and it’s unlikely that he returns to the Octagon in July.
The former UFC middleweight champion, who looks for his first win inside the Octagon since 2012, had to undergo surgery on May 11 to remove his gall bladder. Two days after the surgery, his trainer Rogerio Camoes told Sherdog that he was hoping to come back at UFC 200.
“The Spider” was recently cleared to light training, sources told MMA Fighting. As for Silva’s plans to return to the Octagon at UFC 200, scheduled for July 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, his boxing coach Luiz Carlos Dorea said it’s “really hard” to expect the former champion to be ready to fight at that date.
Source: MMAFighting.com
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