{"id":337744,"date":"2020-01-09T19:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=337744"},"modified":"2020-01-09T19:02:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T03:02:27","slug":"junior-dos-santos-says-he-could-have-died-from-leg-infection-that-forced-him-off-ufc-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/junior-dos-santos-says-he-could-have-died-from-leg-infection-that-forced-him-off-ufc-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior dos Santos says he &#8216;could have died&#8217; from leg infection that forced him off UFC Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Junior dos Santos says he is lucky to be fighting again as doctors said he could have very well died from his recent leg infection.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, dos Santos <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/junior-dos-santos\/junior-dos-santos-withdraws-from-ufc-moscow-main-event-francis-ngannou-considers-stepping-in\/\">was forced to pull out of his UFC Moscow main event fight against Alexander Volkov<\/a>. He was hospitalized for a couple of days but was still hoping he could make the scrap as he didn&#8217;t realize how serious the infection was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was extremely serious,\u201d Junior dos Santos told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/1\/9\/21052063\/junior-dos-santos-ufc-raleigh-extremely-serious-leg-infection-curtis-blaydes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI spent a week in the hospital thinking that I would get cleared and fight [Volkov], but the doctor came to me and said, \u2018You don\u2019t understand how serious this is.\u2019 He said I was lucky to be a healthy man and that I went to the hospital soon enough, otherwise I could have gone straight to ICU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have lost my leg or even died,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>After talking to the doctors, Junior dos Santos realized how bad the infection was. So, he is glad he came out of it healthy and is still able to fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZykBsR\">\u201cThat\u2019s when I truly understood how serious the situation was,\u201d Junior dos Santos said. \u201cThe first thing that came to my head were my kids and my family, how fragile we are. I was feeling great, strong, happy, training for a fight\u2026 Everything going right, and all of a sudden this happens. It was a huge blow.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9v4Krz\">\u201cI saw a movie in my head of everything I had dodged. It\u2019s hard to explain how fragile we are. I take good care of myself and that helped me. In this case, to not only support this disease but also have a good and fast recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the infection behind him, he will make his return to the Octagon <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/junior-dos-santos\/junior-dos-santos-curtis-blaydes-to-collide-in-raleigh-nc\/\">in the main event of UFC Raleigh against Curtis Blaydes<\/a>. Which he says is a shot of adrenaline for him.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Junior dos Santos saying he nearly died from the leg infection that pulled him out from his UFC Moscow fight? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/9\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior dos Santos says he is lucky to be fighting again as doctors said he could have very well died from his recent leg infection. Back in October, dos Santos was forced to pull out of his UFC Moscow main event fight against Alexander Volkov. 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