After serious injury, Gustavo Coelho undergoes surgery and aims to return to MMA

G. Coelho suffers a broken leg. Photo: Reproduction/Youtube

Fighter Gustavo Coelho suffered a serious injury in the co-main fight of WOCS 24, an event held last Saturday (23), in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. The fighter fractured the fibula and tibia of his left leg when he delivered a low kick to his opponent, Magno Magu. The strong image of the injury was broadcast throughout Brazil via the Combate channel.

After the injury, the fighter was taken to Felício Rocho Hospital, in Belo Horizonte, where he will undergo surgery and hopes to return to combat soon. The estimated recovery time is six months.

“Thank you all very much for your messages and love at this very difficult time in my life. It was a fracture of the tibia and fibula. I'm going to undergo surgery and soon I'll be back training to fight. May God bless the lives and families of all of you, I am very happy for all the messages”, wrote Gustavo on his Facebook page. The fighter also said the injury happened.

“It was regrettable, a fatality. At the time I felt the noise, there was a break and I felt that something had happened. The reaction was to continue the fight, but then I went to support myself on the ground and saw that I couldn't”, said Coelho, in an interview with TV Alterosa, an SBT affiliate in Minas Gerais.