Rafael Lovato
Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato may be forced to retire after discovering a brain condition that’s placed him in a gray area with regulators.
Lovato, 36, on Wednesday told JRE MMA he’s been diagnosed with cavernoma, a possibly hereditary condition where abnormal blood vessels cluster in the brain or spinal cord, and he may not be cleared to fight again.
”I want to be healthy, whether I get to fight or not,” he said. “In the meantime, I don’t want to hold up the division.
Lovato, 36, on Wednesday told JRE MMA he’s been diagnosed with cavernoma, a possibly hereditary condition where abnormal blood vessels cluster in the brain or spinal cord, and he may not be cleared to fight again.
”I want to be healthy, whether I get to fight or not,” he said. “In the meantime, I don’t want to hold up the division.
