Bellator Steps Up To Take Care Of Cyborg Santos And His Medical Bills

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Fight fans Please say a prayer for my Ex husband Cyborg Santos. Many of you watched him fight on Spike TV this weekend when he suffered this injury while fighting in London. Cyborg is still in the hospital in the UK, and they are not sure when he will be able to fly again. He has not had surgery yet and their is worry the brain can continue to swell causing more damage. Click The link In My bio to donate to his #GoFundMe and support him and his family at this time. Thank you God for your protecion, The dr said this very Easily could have been life threatening. Please show your support for the fighters and share! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷Fãns de luta façam uma prece para o meu ex marido Cyborg Santos ,muitos de vocês assistiram ontem a luta dele na Spike TV,onde ele sofreu este ferimento enquanto lutava em Londres ,ele ainda está no hospital e não tem certeza quando ele vai poder voar de volta pra casa, @bellatormma é responsável por todo procedimentos médicos que ele precisar para resolver este problema porém ele não vai poder trabalhar por um tempo e nós vamos arrecadar ajuda pra ele através do #gofundme para os fãs patrocinarem ele e sua família nesta hora difícil, Obrigada Deus por sua proteção!! O medico disse que ele poderia estar em risco de vida,mostrem seu apoio aos lutadores e compartilhem isto!!! No meu Perfil do Instagram esta esta o link ajudar! #GodToGlory #figtherlife #teamcyborg #evangelistacyborgsantos #bellator158 #London Spanish 👇

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Mixed martial arts is a wonderful sport full of fun moments — like that time Michael ‘Venom’ Page knocked his opponent out with a flying knee and then threw a Poke-Ball at him. But it’s also very serious business with tons of potential health consequences — like when Page’s opponent Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos suffered a terrible skull fracture from that flying knee.

Evangelista’s former wife and fellow mixed martial artist Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino (yes, the one Ronda Rousey refuses to fight) has set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for him, as the fracture has definitely taken him out of competition for the forseeable future and quite possibly forever. Fortunately, Cyborg’s medical bills won’t be coming out of these funds as Bellator has confirmed they will cover those costs themselves.

“I’ve been a huge fan of Cyborg throughout the many years that he has fought for us,” Bellator president Scott Coker said in a statement to website MMAjunkie. “The guy brings it every single time out, and that’s all you can ask for from a fighter. That being said, you never want to see a fighter sustain an injury like that.”

“Bellator representatives have been present with him at the hospital throughout this process, and we are taking care of any medical bills that he incurs. In addition, we are going to go ahead and pay Cyborg his win bonus to help him find a little extra comfort throughout his recovery process, which we hope is a speedy one.”

Evangelista has been fighting for Scott Coker since 2009 with this being the third Bellator fight in 2016 for him. His last match was in California where purses are disclosed via athletic commissions and Evangelista made $17,000 in a heel hook loss to Saad Awad. Typically, a fighter’s win bonus doubles the amount they make (it’s called prize fighting for a reason), meaning Bellator will pay him out $34,000 for taking a potential career ending injury from rising star Page.

You can donate to Evangelista Cyborg Santos’ GoFundMe page right here. Here’s hoping there are no further complications and he makes a full recovery.

(via MMA Junkie)

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