Thales Leites Out of UFC 81
Thales Leites
(Pictures) suffered a hand injury in
training Monday that has forced him out of his Feb. 2 bout against
Nathan Marquardt
(Pictures) at UFC 81.
"I was training Muay Thai and threw a right cross punch that caught the guy who trains with me on the head," Leites told Sherdog.com. "Unfortunately I will not recover until the day of the fight. I'll probably be stopped for some six weeks."
The Brazilian middleweight will seek further consultation with a hand specialist on Tuesday to set up surgery. Leites expects to return to the Octagon by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
"I was training Muay Thai and threw a right cross punch that caught the guy who trains with me on the head," Leites told Sherdog.com. "Unfortunately I will not recover until the day of the fight. I'll probably be stopped for some six weeks."
The Brazilian middleweight will seek further consultation with a hand specialist on Tuesday to set up surgery. Leites expects to return to the Octagon by the end of the first quarter of 2008.
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