The following is an excerpt from an article on MMAWeekly.com:
Phil Baroni goes in for surgery this week to repair a hernia and torn groin muscle, both of which he suffered in his recent Strikeforce title fight with Frank Shamrock. According to manager Ken Pavia, he suffered the injuries early on in the first round of the June 22 bout, which Shamrock eventually won with a rear naked choke towards the end of the second.
“[Phil’s] got three months of absolutely nothing,” said Pavia. He won’t be allowed to do any sort of training [during that time]. It’ll be 6-7 months before he can fight again.”
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