Marcos Souza suffers gruesome injury in Brazil

A light heavyweight match-up ended in dramatic fashion in Sao Goncalo, Brazil.

Marcos “Rino” Souza took on Cristian Goetz at a local event called Favela Kombat 10 on Sunday night, and suffered an Anderson Silva-like injury. Goetz checked Rino’s kick, causing the injury 37 seconds into the third round.

Favela Kombat officials told MMAFighting.com that “Rino” fractured his right tibia and is expected to undergo surgery Monday.

A light heavyweight match-up ended in dramatic fashion in Sao Goncalo, Brazil.

Marcos “Rino” Souza took on Cristian Goetz at a local event called Favela Kombat 10 on Sunday night, and suffered an Anderson Silva-like injury. Goetz checked Rino’s kick, causing the injury 37 seconds into the third round.

Favela Kombat officials told MMAFighting.com that “Rino” fractured his right tibia and is expected to undergo surgery Monday.