Cruz: I’ll be back in nine months
“I am looking at probably nine months. A typical ACL surgery is six to nine months, minimum. I’m just going to say nine months, because that’s what the doctors say.”
Former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz recently appeared on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour and discussed his recent surgery. Cruz was out for nearly three years with a series of injuries and then came back to crush Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 178. Then he injured his knee again, and underwent surgery again.
“It went well,” said Cruz of the surgery, as transcribed by Adam Guillen Jr. for MMAMania. “I’ve obviously done this more times than I’d like. I’ve become pretty used to the sequence of events that take place.
“Right now, I’m in a machine that kind of bends my leg and I get to move it 10 degrees each day. I’m on 80 degrees today, 90 degrees tomorrow then I go see the doctor on Thursday and then rehab starts. I’m right on track, surgery was very successful and I am absolutely optimistic…
“I am looking at probably nine months. A typical ACL surgery is six to nine months, minimum. I’m just going to say nine months, because that’s what the doctors say. That can be later or a little bit sooner. There is no way that it will be faster than six months.”
Cruz added that when healed the knee will be better than ever.