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Pereira reclaimed his light heavyweight title in a rematch against Magomed Ankalaev in the main event at UFC 320 last month. While Pereira made quick work of Ankalaev in 80 seconds, “Poatan” suffered a broken foot in the process. The UFC’s doctors advised Pereira to wear a walking boot for an extended period, which the Brazilian initially did religiously.
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However, when hearing he had to keep the boot on for another six weeks, he soured and removed it. The fighter claims to have heard from other sources that wearing a boot for too long could compromise his movement. The alternate information has made him question whether he needs to adhere to everything the doctors are telling him.
Doctors May Not Be the Worst Patients
Pereira revealed that he can walk fairly well nearly a month after sustaining the injury. Training, however, is currently on the back burner. Because of this, Pereira is not calling his return time yet. The Brazilian is faithful that he is on the right track to recovery, even if he does not follow the instructions of his physicians to the letter.
“The UFC doctors told me wear the boot for another six weeks,” Pereira volunteered to ”MMA Hoje” on Thursday. Was he wearing it during the interview? “No [I’m not wearing it now],” he replied.
“[The doctors] told me to wear it for another six weeks. But also, I don’t know. I got some more opinions. On one hand, it’s good, but on the other hand, it could atrophy my foot a bit more, make it harder to move around and so on. The pain is okay now. After the impact for a few days, a week, I was fine with the boot. I didn’t take it off for anything. Just to shower. I think it worked right and now it’s fine. Walking is fine. If I kick, obviously it’s going to hurt. It has to take a while and all that but I think it’s on the right track,” “Poatan” explained.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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