Talk about a Pyrrhic victory. Ben Rothwell scored an upset win over Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night on Friday, but he hurt his arm in the process.
The 32-year-old revealed the extent to which he initially believed his arm was damaged on Fox Sports Live after the win, via MMAFighting.com:
Steve Marrocco of MMA Junkie provides an update on the severity of the injury:
Before dropping the ex-Strikeforce champ in the UFC Fight Night 50 co-headliner, Rothwell suffered severe swelling and nerve damage in his right arm when he blocked a kick from Alistair Overeem, his manager Monte Cox told MMAjunkie.
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Rothwell initially told FOX Sports that he broke his right arm, but Cox said a visit to an area hospital downgraded the severity of the injury.
Rothwell explained that the injury came when he attempted to block a kick from Overeem. He also mentioned that had the fight gone beyond the first round, he’d have been in serious trouble, per Heidi Fang Fox Sports 670 AM in Las Vegas:
At least Rothwell has the win to help ease the pain. That arm would probably be hurting a lot more if it had been injured in a loss.
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