Shogun had stomach surgery just 7 months ago

TATAME: What did Dana say to you inside the octagon?

Shogun: He complimented me a lot because I had done a stomach surgery seven weeks ago, an appendicitis surgery… It was an emergency surgery, but I decided to fight. The doctor and Dana warned me not to fight, but I took my risks, said I would be fine and he was glad with my attitude and complimented me.

TATAME: Did this operation affected your training?

Shogun: I had to take almost two weeks off to recover and then I started walking so I could come back for the hard trainings, a month later.

TATAME: Did you fear it could make a difference during the fight, the conditioning part, since you lost two weeks of trainings?

Shogun: No, because I already knew I was ready and that I would have some time to recover.

http://www.tatame.com/2010/05/10/Mauricio-Shogun

I had an appendectomy. Considering most fighter do a 3 month training camp give or take, he had some time to heal.

Looks like even with the chunk taken out of his training camp he was able to capitalize on Machida's tell. Game planning makes all the difference.

months or weeks? The title says months, the text says weeks?
"Shogun: He complimented me a lot because I had done a stomach surgery seven weeks ago"

ohh if it's weeks that completely different and pretty impressive.

Since 7 months ago would've been right around when they first fought I'm going to go out on a limb and say he had his appendix removed 7 weeks ago