Back in May, Maiquel Falcao was released from the UFC when some lingering legal issues stemming from a 2002 assault charge resurfaced earlier this year. Falcao is a veteran of the sport and has an impressive record of 28-4 with 1NC. He was just recently signed to fight for Bellator Fighting Championship.
Earlier today Tatame.com reported that Falcao unfortunately suffered a heart attack during training and is currently in the ICU of a hospital in Brazil.
Maiquel is still on the Intensive Care Unit and might stay there for few more days, when he’ll go through a catheterization. He’s lucid and improving fast”, his manager Marcelo Brigadeiro told TATAME on Wednesday.
An update on the situation came just after the initial report thanks to Sherdog.com. Sherdog spoke with Falcao’s manager Marcelo Brigadeiro
Brigadeiro said his client has been hospitalized at Holy House of Mercy’s intensive care unit in Pelotas since Sunday. Falcao is presently awaiting cardiac catheterization and an angiogram for further diagnosis.
“His wife told me he suddenly suffered from a huge pain in the chest, and when they got into the hospital the doctors concluded he had a myocardial infarction,” Brigadeiro explained. “The procedure is expected to happen late this Wednesday. If Falcao didn’t go to the hospital as fast as he did, he would have died.”
According to Brigadeiro, the 30-year-old Falcao has never suffered from any health issues, but did note that there is a history of cerebral ischemia in the fighter’s family. The manager is worried, but optimistic about his client’s career.
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