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UFC middleweight Rodolfo Vieira cleared to compete again after recent health scare

Rodolfo Vieira is free to resume his career following a recent health scare.

Vieira was scheduled to return to the Octagon against Wellington Turman at UFC 270 this past January, but the middleweight was forced to withdraw over medical reasons a day before the event. A pre-fight scan detected an abnormality in his brain, which led to the cancelation.

Now months removed from the initial scan, Vieira has provided an update on his condition. The Brazilian shared a photo of himself on Tuesday at AdventHealth Orlando in Florida, where he received a cerebral angiography. The procedure is used to produce pictures of blood vessels in the brain that detect abnormalities such as aneurysms, tumors or blood clots (via radiologyinfo.