Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia needs to undergo surgery to repair an old injury, but he needs help to make it happen.
Sylvia suffered a gruesome broken arm just 50 seconds into his vacant heavyweight title fight against Frank Mir in June 2004 at UFC 48. He refused to tap, but referee Herb Dean stopped the fight when he saw Sylvia’s arm break.
Now, 16 years after the incident, Sylvia took to Instagram to reveal new issues with his arm, as he explained that “the screws are backing out from my arm break.” He said the UFC told him “it’s not (their) problem and will not cover it.”
With no insurance, Sylvia issued a plea for assistance via social media and set up a GoFundMe to help raise his target goal of $20,000.
So my arm been giving me problems for over a year now. The screws are backing out from my arm break when i fought @thefrankmir my dr. Contacted the @ufc cause it was paid for by them the first time. Sort of under workman’s comp. The ufc says it’s not there problem and will not cover it. I don’t have insurance and it’s going to cost well over 10,000 dollars to get fixed. Any thoughts on what i should do?”
Sylvia, 44, retired in 2015 and holds notable wins over Andrei Arlovski (twice), Ricco Rodriguez and Jeff Monson.
