Tainara Lisboa had to learn ‘how to walk again’ in emotional roller-coaster before UFC return

Tainara Lisboa | Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the first time in nearly three years, Tainara Lisboa finally enters a UFC cage this weekend.
Lisboa faces the younger Luana Santos in the preliminary portion of UFC Vegas 106 for her first match since suffering a serious left knee injury in late 2023. She beat late-notice replacement Ravena Oliveira at the UFC APEX despite the injury, and went straight to surgery for a knee cartilage reconstruction.
“It was very diff