From Cage Potato.com
"Vera reportedly
had surgery last night to fix his dislocated cheekbone, which was
in woeful shape after absorbing that fight-ending elbow:
“It broke his cheekbone in three places and
it’s sort of floating right now,” said [Vera's manager Matt] Stansell on
Thursday. “(The bone) is kind of laying on the muscle of the right eye,
which is preventing Brandon from looking to his right, and it’s pushing
his eyeball forward.”
Stansell said two plates will be inserted during
the surgery to secure the bone back in place. Vera, who hails from his
own Alliance Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., hopes to return to
grappling training in six to eight weeks. Stansell estimated it could
take anywhere between four to six months before Vera
will be medically cleared to spar again, though that timetable is
determinant on the fighter’s recovery.
In other words, Vera won't be back until the fall or winter,
assuming that his face eventually returns to normal. And when he does
come back, what will be waiting for him? A full-time position as a
gatekeeper for up-and-comers? Most likely, he'll have one more chance to
prove that he has any sort of value to the company. Who would you put him up against at this point?"
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