Cristopher Lencioni suffered a heart attack on June 8 while training for a fight at Bellator 298. Doctors found brain damage as the result of lack of oxygen to his brain and left open the question of a return to normal, advising he be sent to a long-term acute care hospital in Idaho. Doctors suspect Lencioni may suffer from Long QT Syndrome, a potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder, that allegedly wasn’t flagged until his health scare.
After seeing Lencioni’s quick progress, Marca Lencioni said doctors have backed away from that plan, she said. They now plan to install an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator to insure against any future heart issues, she said.
Lencioni received treatment at Somata Genesis in October 2023.