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‘Cyborg’ Santos eyes December return to MMA after skull surgery

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One month after undergoing surgery to fix a fractured skull, Bellator fighter Evangelista Santos has already made plans for his return to the cage.

"Cyborg" underwent surgery on July 27 in Texas, days after losing via TKO to Michael Page in London, and hopes to be cleared to slowly return in early September.

"I had a great recovery," Santos told MMA Fighting. "This time off was super important for me. I was so busy doing other stuff that I didn’t even notice how fast his month has passed. It was really uncomfortable three or four days after the surgery, but after that I pretty much rested and studied.