A serious knee injury forced Tainara Lisboa to contemplate whether or not she had reached the end of the line. Though she remained on the sidelines for more than a year, she decided to give her mixed martial arts career another go.
“I was injured while in training camp for my last fight,” Lisboa told Sherdog.com. “The injury kept getting worse, and there was no way to avoid surgery. I came close to retiring. I’m very thankful to my doctor, to my physical therapist and to my conditioning coach. They were very important in my rehabilitation.