Former PRIDE middleweight champion Ricardo Arona (14-5) was out of action for two years due to a knee injury he suffered training for a fight against UFC Veteran Marvin Eastman. In his return Arona defeated Eastman this past September at the Biteti Combat event but now tells Tatame.com that any future plans will have to be postponed.

“I’m coming from the doctor now, deciding what to do with my knee. I’ll have to stop for a while, maybe I’ll have to make a surgery… If I’ll make the surgery, will be for now“, said the tough guy, explaining how did he get hurt. “I had a serious injury that got worse during the fight, when my foot got stuck on the grid. It was the only thing that went wrong and caused a lot of trouble“, said the ex Pride’s fighter, who was rated to sign with Strikeforce. “I couldn’t close any contracts because of that“, finished.

Translated from Portuguese.