UFC heavyweight Chris Tuchscherer suffered a bad cut over his left eye in the first round of his UFC 127 prelim bout with Mark Hunt last night.
Immediately after the cut was opened up the referee halted the fight and called for the cageside phsyician. Tuchscherer complained that there was something in his eye, it was the flap of skin that had been opened up from a glancing left from Hunt. It appeared as if the doctor would stop the fight but Tuchscherer begged him for a chance to keep fighting and was granted a reprieve.
The round would end with Tuchscherer on top of Hunt, in side control, looking for a submission similar to the one Sean McCorkle used to break Hunt’s arm back at UFC 119.
Despite finishing the round well Hunt would be the one to finish the fight, landing some heavy punches early in the second round wobbling his opponent. One big right from Hunt collapsed Tuchscherer to his knees, and the “Super Samoan” simply walked away knowing that was the end of the fight instead of jumping in for the finish.
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Another photo of Tuchscherer after the jump
