Thiago Santos suffered torn meniscus during UFC 239

The injury of Tiago Santos is way worse than imagined. The Brazilian tore his ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus in the very first round.

That’s according to Alex Davis, Santos’ manager, who revealed that tests confirmed the extent of his injuries.

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Despite tearing up his knee, Santos managed to take Jones the distance, losing a close split decision.

“If that knee hadn’t stopped him, Jon Jones would have gone down, no doubt,” Thiago’s coach - Tata Duarte said. “Our game plan was all set, "Marreta" was seeing everything. And after he started hurting Jon Jones’ legs he began to lose mobility, it was too easy to put him out, man, but we counted on switching stances to get it done. He started the combinations but couldn’t continue.”

“If that knee hadn’t stopped him, Jon Jones would have gone down, no doubt,” Duarte said. “Our game plan was all set, "Marreta" was seeing everything. And after he started hurting Jon Jones’ legs he began to lose mobility, it was too easy to put him out, man, but we counted on switching stances to get it done. He started the combinations but couldn’t continue.”