How soon can you return to combat sports such as MMA and Muay Thai after tummy tuck surgery?

The general recommendation is six weeks, give or take depending not the exercise and you post-operative healing. Best advice is discuss your exercise goals and set a plan with your surgeon.

Thank you for your question.  In order to answer your question it partially depends on the type of tummy tuck needed, and the extent of muscle repair (if any) that needs to be performed.  If you were to only require skin  removal, you could resume your activities by 6-8 weeks.  If your stomach needed muscle tightening, it would likely take 3-4 months to resume paragliding and skydiving, while MMA and combat sports may require closer to 6 months, to get back to your preoperative levels.   See a board certified plastic surgeon for an in-person consultation. 

Congratulations on your process.When doing contact sports or high adrenaline activities, you need to think worse case scenario. What if something goes wrong and your injured body doesn't respond the way it should. Imagine that you have a broken bone.  Would you do anything if you had the risk to prolong your recovery?Skin is non different. usually back to normal in 6 weeks. Your type of activities 8 to 10 weeks.However, your body will tell you the best timing for every activity.Make sure to check with your plastic surgeon.Best wishes.

I generally recommend no heavy lifting or strenuous activity (no
exercise) for 4 to 6 weeks after tummy tuck. After six weeks, I
encourage patients to slowly resume exercise routines *gradually*.
Remember, during the six week postoperative period - you will be
deconditioned. I do prepare patients do notice some increased swelling
once exercise is resumed. Over the next several weeks, this
post-exercise edema will no longer manifest. If swelling manifests
during your workout routine, you may benefit from use of compression
garments. But please check with your surgeon with respect to his/her
specific recommendations.

Dr. Basu

You can gradually begin to resume physical activity one month after tummy tuck.  However it will take at least 2 more months before you can resume unrestricted exertion and physical challenges of the sort that you have described..