Fears of the second severe orbital bone injury in Kazushi Sakuraba's career were quelled Saturday when the Takada Dojo announced his release from a Tokyo-area hospital after spending four days there following a brutal TKO loss to Ricardo Arona on June 26.

Nearly three years after a broken eye socket against heavyweight Mirko Filipovic appeared to endanger his career, Sakuraba, a natural 185-pound fighter whose résumé includes numerous battles against heavier men, appears to have fought his last 205-pound fight, PRIDE president Noboyuki Sakakibara told the press days after the fight.

Should he continue fighting, Sakuraba has an open invitation into PRIDE’s Bushido “welterweight” (183-pound) tournament later this year, Sakakibara said.