Not only was Priscila Cachoeira ’s UFC debut as hard-to-watch as they come, it left her with a long recovery period ahead. But, amid the whirlwind of emotions that followed it, there’s no place for regret. Cachoeira recently had surgery to repair the ACL and meniscus tears suffered in her UFC Fight Night 125 meting with Valentina Shevchenko. She’s been rehabbing her knee five days a week, several hours a day, hoping to speed up the recovery process. She remains confident in her skills and is eager to return to the octagon for her “real” debut. But, though you’ll find no hint of self-pity in Cachoeira’s voice talking to her weeks later, her mind was at a much different place when returned from the hospital early in February.
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