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UFC flyweight Paige VanZant undergoes second arm surgery
After the initial surgery didn’t take, Paige VanZant went back under the knife today to repair the damage sustained to her arm in her most recent UFC fight.
VanZant (7-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC) suffered a broken right arm in her unanimous-decision loss to Jessica-Rose Clark (9-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 124 in January. She had surgery shortly after the flyweight contest, but months later it was discovered the healing process wasn’t going well.
Likely a product of returning to training “too quickly”, doctors decided a second procedure was best for VanZant to make a complete recovery. Today in Las Vegas, “12 Gauge” had a nearly four hour operation where bone fragments were taken from the hip and moved to the arm. She is now recovering and will return home to Portland on Monday, MMAjunkie confirmed with a member of her team.
A timeline for VanZant’s, 24, return to the octagon is unknown, but she said on social media that she hopes to compete as soon as possible (via Instagram):
Surgery day take two!!!!! I’m getting this arm better and I’m getting back into the octagon!!!!!
VanZant’s bout with Clark was her first at 125 pounds. The 24-year-old has lost two in a row and three of her past four after being on a four-fight winning streak.
For more on the UFC schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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