After receiving a finger to the eye that could have touched the back of his skull during the third round of his fight with Kevin Burns at UFC Fight Night 14 last Saturday, Anthony Johnson had successful eye surgery to repair damage suffered from the finger.
From MMAWeekly:
“I had surgery.” he said. “It was pretty intense for me.”
“My retina was damaged, possibly detached, and the laceration was pretty long. It was basically from one end of my eye to the other. They did laser surgery that took about two hours, put some stitches on it basically.”
As for when he will possibly be returning to action, Anthony replied, “The doctor said I should be back in the September. So, hopefully you’ll get to see me do my thing in September or October.”
“Everything should be fine. I’ll go back soon (for a check-up) and they’ll just make sure that I don’t have any infections.”
