Junior dos Santos Releases Statement After Suffering Shoulder Injury at Eagle FC 47

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Junior dos Santos is in relatively high spirits even after his night ended early in the Eagle FC 47 main event.

The former UFC heavyweight champion was performing relatively well through two rounds against Yorgan De Castro on Friday night at FLXcast Arena in Miami before he appeared to dislocate his shoulder throwing a right hand in the third round of the bout. After a brief pause in the action, the fight was called off 35 seconds into Round 3, sending dos Santos to his fifth consecutive defeat.

“Cigano” released a video over the weekend providing an update on his condition. He also seemed pleased with the fight up until the injury, as he had De Castro off balance thanks to leg kicks, jabs and punching combinations to the head and body.

“My shoulder is back into place. In this position like this, I’m not feeling any pain,” dos Santos said. “I already talked to my doctor, we’re going to do some exams and figure out what’s going to be the procedures to get this thing better as soon as possible.

“But before going to bed, I would like to share with you guys that I was feeling so happy. I was feeling very good during the fight, like I haven’t felt in a long, long time. And it was good. It was good because I was able to deliver everything that I worked for. The hard work we put in the gym, I was able to bring inside the Octagon on the day of the fight, and things were working good for us until we had this injury.”

Prior to the event, Eagle FC promoter Khabib Nurmagomedov expressed interest in booking the affable Brazilian against Fedor Emelianenko in a cross-promotional bout if he had defeated De Castro. As it currently stands, dos Santos hasn’t won an MMA bout since March 2019, but Nurmagomedov indicated after the event that a matchup with the Russian legend still could be a possibility.

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