3x World absolute champion Marcus Buchecha Almeida has just undergone surgery last Friday in Brazil for the knee injury that he sustained against Ricardo Evangelista during their 3rd round encounter at the Worlds back in May.

The surgery was to reconstruct the torn ACL ligament on his left knee. Buchecha’s doctor gives the champion a minimum of five months before coming back to 100% again.

Evangelista injured Buchecha as he went he went for a waiter sweep from half guard. Buchecha had to withdraw from the rest of the tournament.

This means that Buchecha is out of the upcoming ADCC 2015, due to be held in Sao Paulo in August.

Buchecha wrote on his Facebook last month (before the surgery) about the next steps.:

Moments like these are responsible to make me do what I do. Victories and defeats are part of the career of any athlete, but something that I was’t expecting in the last tournament was the injury.
I was really positive but unfortunately I will need a surgery in my knee and I will stay away from the competition for a couple months.
I believe in life everything has a purpose and I will learn the lesson about that and I will have some time to think about in a lot of things and know myself better. But I’m sure it will make me come back stronger and more motivated than ever.
I had opportunity to talk with a lot of athletes that had surgeries and the came back much better after the surgery and show the real significance of the word Overcoming.
I just would like to say thanks to all my sponsor who are with me in all the moments, good or bad Hayabusa Fightwear MusclePharm Brasil @FightersMarket and Jiu Jitsu World League. And thank you to all who send me positive messages and thoughts. it gives me much more motivation and strength to come back to the mats and Live Moments like this one the picture again.

Watch the match: