MMA injury report: Stephen Thompson avoids surgery; Henry Cejudo on schedule

The latest in notable MMA injuries, including updates on Stephen Thompson, Dustin Poirier, Henry Cejudo, and more.

Sam Alvey

UFC light heavyweight [autotag]Sam Alvey[/autotag] (33-13 MMA, 10-8 UFC) is “healing fast” after getting surgery on the broken hand that forced him to withdraw from this past weekend’s UFC on ESPN+ 22.

Alvey was supposed to fight Mauricio Rua in the event co-headliner, but landed a punch in practice that prevented him from competing. Alvey has removed the hard cast, according to his social media, and is hoping to reschedule his date with “Shogun” in 2020.

Kyle Prepolec

UFC lightweight [autotag]Kyle Prepolec[/autotag] (12-7 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has doubts about his fighting future after receiving a muscle biopsy surgery.

Prepolec, who is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Austin Hubbard at UFC on ESPN+ 16 in September, said he “can’t keep fighting while my body is going in rhabdo anymore,” but as he recovers will continue to seek answers which could lead to a return to fighting.