Adriana Rizzo Hopes To Return From ACL Injury In Spring 2026

In August, Adriana Rizzo announced she suffered a torn ACL and meniscus, putting her on the sidelines for the foreseeable future.

Answering questions online, Rizzo was asked, “When do you expect to be back in the ring?” Rizzo replied, “Sometime in the spring most likely.”

On TikTok, Rizzo detailed her injury, saying, “How I tore my leg? How I tore my knee? What happened? Why did it happen? I’ve gotten a lot of people speculating, ‘Oh, you were doing this, you were doing that…’ First of all, none of your business. But I’m gonna tell you anyway. I’m gonna tell you anyway because I’m sick of hearing — I’m sick of this speculation so here’s what happened: I had a partial tear. Partial, not fully. Partial tear on my ACL. A year and a half ago, I was doing a throw over my head and somebody pushed my knee in, partially tore my ACL. Whatever. I’m fine. I worked through it for a year and a half. Yes, I knew there was a chance it was gonna fully tear, but I wasn’t about to sit out for a year and a half because I got, you know, a splinter on my ACL. I’m gonna get surgery when the whole kabang goes. So, I’m gonna go as long as I can until that happens. Yes, I knew it was a possibility. Yes, I made the decision. Yes, I’m still happy about my decision. So what happened was I was at practice, I was doing a drill, I’m running over to the corner and boom, my knee just, you know, bada bing, bada boom, explodes. I fall over, I lay on the floor for like four minutes because I knew. I knew my knee exploded and then I was like, well, sh*t, there it goes. There it goes. So, that’s the story of my knee. So everyone can stop making up their little fairytale rumors because that’s what happened. Alright, have a good day.”

Rizzo was part of the now-defunct D’Angelo Family with Tony D’Angelo.

Fightful wishes Rizzo the best as she recovers.