Because he knows we’re all sick bastards who want to see this, UFC Bantamweight Champion, Dominick Cruz tweeted this pic of his right hand post-surgery and joked:
Cruz “dislocated his middle finger at the knuckle and tore ligaments and tendons” in the first round of his successful UFC on Versus 6 title defense bout against Demetrious Johnson. Cruz told ESPN.com: “It just hurt and felt off. My finger kept popping out of the socket.”
Cruz says the injury is pretty much exact to the left hand injury which forced him out of competition for six months. Cruz explained the great results from his left hand surgery to ESPN:
“After I got the surgery on my left hand the doctor said it would be stronger. And it’s true. It is stronger. He put an extra piece of tendon over the top of the knuckle so it’s braced for impact. He did some voodoo stuff with it that he drilled a hole through the knuckle and tied it so tight that there’s no way for that tendon to lift back up off the bone again. I really feel like it’s stronger than it was in the first place and I won’t have any issues with it anymore.”
Cruz recently had the similar surgery performed on his right hand by the same doctor who is based out of Chicago. While prepping for surgery, the Bantamweight champion had tweeted this picture:
with the caption:
It’s a shame to injure such a useful finger, it’s nice to see “The Dominator”‘ will make a full recovery.