But what type of cancer did she battle? Let’s take a closer look. At just 20 years old, while training for the 2012 London Olympics, Tatiana Suarez suffered a neck injury. But what initially ...

Tatiana Suarez had to be sewn back up extensively following her first UFC title fight. The Ultimate Fighter 23 winner failed to add strawweight champion next to her accolades, pitted against the ...

Tatiana Suarez didn’t walk away from her fight against Zhang Weili at UFC 312 unscathed, and she’ll have the scar to prove it. On Tuesday, the veteran strawweight showed off the aftermath from ...

Tatiana Suarez clarified ... So I feel like they did it right." Suarez has gone through plenty of adversity in an injury riddled MMA career. However, the thyroid cancer survivor never gave up ...

Tatiana Suárez’s path to UFC 312 is one of ... Suárez’s toughest opponent wasn’t in the cage—it was thyroid cancer. Diagnosed while at the peak of her career, she was forced to step ...

When Tatiana Suarez challenges Zhang Weili ... wrestling career was cut short by a neck injury that revealed Suarez had thyroid cancer. With treatment, Suarez overcame the diagnosis.

For every Tatiana Suarez fight ... A neck injury led to a thyroid cancer diagnosis that derailed Suarez’s 2012 Olympic wrestling dreams and steered her toward her pro MMA career.

Suarez survived to see the end of the fifth round, making it to the judges' scorecards, though not without a gnarly cut on her knee to show for it. The injury opened up early and sent blood ...