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Fitch out 6-months for shoulder surgery

Three weeks ago, Jon Fitch withdraw from his scheduled UFC 132 bout with BJ Penn due to a shoulder injury. Today comes…

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Chris Palmquist
April 20, 2011 · 1 min read
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Three weeks ago, Jon Fitch withdraw from his scheduled UFC 132 bout with BJ Penn due to a shoulder injury. Today comes news that the injury was severe enough to warrant surgey, and the welterweight will be out of action for up to six months:

Looks like I will be getting shoulder surgery next week. Not the news I was looking for.

@vippes 4 to 6 months

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The UFC had actively been looking to make a replacement bout for Penn, but he also withdraw from the event, also due to a shoulder injury.

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