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Kid Yamamoto has successful knee surgery
By Zach Arnold | August 4, 2008
Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) reports that Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto had successful knee surgery on Monday. According to the report, two doctors examined Yamamoto’s knee and found out that he had a complete ligament tear as opposed to a partial tear. Therefore, surgery was required for healing.
Yamamoto will not be available to fight for the rest of this calendar year.
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some ganja will help him ease the pain 😎
Are you suggesting that Mr. Yamamoto will be rehabbing at BJ Penn’s gym?
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