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Bellator’s Cris Lencioni out of ICU; wife says doctors ‘not really sure’ how recovery will unfold

The good news: Bellator featherweight Chris Lencioni is out of intensive care. However, he faces a long and uncertain road to recovery.

Lencioni, 28, went into cardiac arrest and had a heart attack June 8 while training at a gym in Spokane, Wash. His wife, Marca Lencioni, told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that an MRI revealed her husband also suffered brain damage. As a result, Cris is in a “state of disordered consciousness,” although he is awake and responsive.

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