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From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312

From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312It was a bad night for Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312. Going into her first shot at UFC gold,…

From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312

It was a bad night for Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312.

Going into her first shot at UFC gold, the previously unbeaten Suarez was favored to come out on top in her co-main event clash with reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili. Unfortunately for Suarez, it wasn’t meant to be. Despite her best efforts, the Covina, California native surrendered a decisive unanimous decision victory to ‘Magnum’ after failing to unleash her wrestle-heavy attack throughout the five-round affair.

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Adding insult to injury, Suarez suffered a nasty knee injury during a takedown attempt at the 4:21 mark of the second round. Suarez appeared to snag her knee where the cage meets the canvas, resulting in a gory gash opening up.

Tatiana Suarez reveals her stitched up knee following UFC 312

In between rounds, Suarez refused to look at the cut but she could be heard asking her corner how bad it looked. Suarez’s team did their best to assure her that it wasn’t serious.

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As it turns out, the injury was pretty serious. Not long after releasing her first statement following her disappointing loss in Australia, she offered fans a look at her freshly stitched knee.

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Suarez’s loss to Zhang Weili was the first of her career, dropping her to 10-1 overall and ending her decade-long run as an undefeated fighter.

As for Zhang, the Chinese superstar successfully defended her strawweight title for the third time during her current reign. Overall, it was her sixth career title fight win in the division, tying her with Joanna J?drzejczyk for most title fight wins in UFC strawweight division history.

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After working her way through much of the contender’s list at 115, a clash with reigning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko could be in Zhang’s future.

From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312

From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312It was a bad night for Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312. Going into her first shot at UFC gold,…

From Fight to Fright: Tatiana Suarez Shows Off Gory Stitch-Job Following Freak Injury at UFC 312

It was a bad night for Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312.

Going into her first shot at UFC gold, the previously unbeaten Suarez was favored to come out on top in her co-main event clash with reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili. Unfortunately for Suarez, it wasn’t meant to be. Despite her best efforts, the Covina, California native surrendered a decisive unanimous decision victory to ‘Magnum’ after failing to unleash her wrestle-heavy attack throughout the five-round affair.

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Adding insult to injury, Suarez suffered a nasty knee injury during a takedown attempt at the 4:21 mark of the second round. Suarez appeared to snag her knee where the cage meets the canvas, resulting in a gory gash opening up.

Tatiana Suarez reveals her stitched up knee following UFC 312

In between rounds, Suarez refused to look at the cut but she could be heard asking her corner how bad it looked. Suarez’s team did their best to assure her that it wasn’t serious.

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As it turns out, the injury was pretty serious. Not long after releasing her first statement following her disappointing loss in Australia, she offered fans a look at her freshly stitched knee.

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Suarez’s loss to Zhang Weili was the first of her career, dropping her to 10-1 overall and ending her decade-long run as an undefeated fighter.

As for Zhang, the Chinese superstar successfully defended her strawweight title for the third time during her current reign. Overall, it was her sixth career title fight win in the division, tying her with Joanna J?drzejczyk for most title fight wins in UFC strawweight division history.

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After working her way through much of the contender’s list at 115, a clash with reigning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko could be in Zhang’s future.

Video: the exact moment Jon Jones tore his pectoral muscle, Forcing him out of UFC 295

Jon JonesAccording to UFC CEO Dana White, heavyweight champion Jon Jones tore his pectoral muscle right off the bone during…

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According to UFC CEO Dana White, heavyweight champion Jon Jones tore his pectoral muscle right off the bone during a sparring session weeks before his highly anticipated return to the Octagon.

With UFC 294 seeing not one, but two high-profile fighters forced to withdraw due to injuries days before the event, the last thing the promotion wanted to see was another top star go down before one of its biggest nights of the year. Sadly, that’s exactly what happened.

Late Tuesday, White confirmed that ‘Bones’ had suffered the pectoral injury that will require surgery to repair and could keep him on the shelf for up to eight months, if not longer.

In preparation for his clash with Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 on November 11, Jon Jones had been putting in a lot of work on his ground game by training with some monster-sized heavyweights that could provide the best possible resistance to Jones’ takedown attempts.

In the video clip, which you can see below, Jones attempts to shoot in on his training partner who appears to resist a little too much resulting in the devastating injury.

Could Jon Jones Be Back Sooner Than Expected?

With Jon Jones now out of his first heavyweight title defense, the promotion will turn to top-ten contenders Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich who will slide into the UFC 295 co-main event for the interim heavyweight championship. Dana White has since confirmed that they will look to reschedule Jones vs. Miocic for 2024 with the winner facing the winner of Aspinall vs. Pavlovich to unify the heavyweight titles next year.

Initially, the timeline for Jon Jones’ return was expected to take roughly eight months, but according to Board Certified Orthopedic Sports Surgeon David Abbasi, MD, ‘Bones’ could be cleared for a comeback in as little as four to six months based on the severity of the injury.

“Brutal news about Jon Jones, the fact that he tore his pec muscle off of the bone,” Abbasi said on X. “This is an injury sometimes we see with bench press on the way down. It can also happen when your arm gets overly stretched, places too much stress on the tendon, and it will tear and retract into the chest and that’s the reason you need to have surgery on the sooner rather than later, because it can actually scar in and you’re unable to stretch it back for the repair.

“I do you think the timeline of the eight months seems a little bit long,” Abbasi continued. “A lot of these can get a full recovery in four-to-six months. From my personal experience, a lot of times these guys are jumping the gun because they feel so good. So hopefully he can come back a little bit sooner but definitely bad news with Jon Jones, but he did need to get this addressed now” (h/t MMA Mania).

REPORT | Sean O’Malley X-Ray ‘Came Back OK’

Sean O'MalleyAs we all know, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley was injured this past weekend in his UFC 252 fight with Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera. He looked good in the fight up until the injury happened, and this marks just the first setback of his professional career. Ariel Helwani from ESPN MMA gave us an update regarding O’Malley’s injury […]

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As we all know, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley was injured this past weekend in his UFC 252 fight with Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera. He looked good in the fight up until the injury happened, and this marks just the first setback of his professional career.

Ariel Helwani from ESPN MMA gave us an update regarding O’Malley’s injury earlier today via his twitter account:

This is a truly unfortunate occurrence. O’Malley injured himself in his second fight in the UFC with Andre Soukhamthath as well, though that didn’t happen until round three, and he won the first two rounds. However, this injury happened midway through the first round, and Vera is far too talented and dangerous of an opponent to fight on one leg.

After his fight with Soukhamthath, he didn’t fight again for two years either, due to two run ins with USADA for tainted supplements. Unfortunately, he’s going to need some more time off now that his knee has been tore up. Luckily he’s still only 25-years-old, turning 26 in October.

O’Malley has the gift, the it factor, he’ll come back better than ever, just like he did in March. He’s now 4-1 in the UFC, and 12-1 overall as a professional.

Though it was ruled a TKO (elbow and punches), it could also be considered a TKO (injury) loss. He did get hurt badly by that elbow Vera cracked him with, but he never would’ve ended up on his back if his leg didn’t give out.

It’s great that his ankle and lower leg are fine, but it was evident that the issue was with his knee. We’ll have to wait a few days to see what happens next. Hopefully he only tore one ligament, but even then it can take a while to recover and come back.

Guys like Dominick Cruz and Georges St-Pierre spent over a year outside of the cage with ACL tears alone. Thiago Santos tore all four ligaments in his knee when he fought Jon Jones, that was 13 months ago and he hasn’t fought since. Either way, we probably won’t see O’Malley fight again until next year.

Who would you like to see Sean O’Malley fight upon his return?

Donald Cerrone Injures Arm, Putting Mike Perry Fight In Question

It was hardly a surprise that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone injures his arm and puts his Mike Perry fight in question. Earlier today (Sept. 25, 2018) Cerrone caused quite the stir on social media as he shared a picture via his Instagram account. The picture shows him lying on a hospital bed with his entire left […]

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It was hardly a surprise that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone injures his arm and puts his Mike Perry fight in question.

Earlier today (Sept. 25, 2018) Cerrone caused quite the stir on social media as he shared a picture via his Instagram account. The picture shows him lying on a hospital bed with his entire left arm bandaged up.

Check out his Instagram post here:

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One could just write Cerrone’s latest injury off as typical “Cowboy,” as he’s teased an injury online before. But complicating matters is his upcoming fight against Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 139 on Nov. 10, 2018, in Denver, Colorado. Not only is Cerrone scheduled to fight on that historic UFC 25th anniversary show, but he’s in the co-main event.

Cerrone didn’t go into details about how he injured his arm, however, he did assure fans that he would be ready to go come November in front of his hometown crowd.

Although “Cowboy” didn’t shed light on the cause of his injury it can be safely assumed that this could be the latest in a long line of extreme sports mishaps for the UFC vet. Earlier this month Cerrone told a horrific tale on the Joe Rogan MMA podcast. He detailed how he nearly drowned in a scuba diving accident.

UFC Fight Night 139 is headlined by Frankie Edgar vs.Chan Sung Jung. Jung will be making his long-awaited return to the Octagon as he takes on perennial contender Edgar.

Heres how the rest of UFC Fight Night 139 looks:

Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry

Joseph Benavidez vs. Ray Borg

Raquel Pennington vs. Germaine de Randamie

Luis Pena vs. Mike Trizano

Maycee Barber vs. M. Kahaunaele-Stevenson

Amanda Cooper vs. Ashley Yoder

Alonzo Menifield vs. Saparbeg Safarov

Chas Skelly vs. Bobby Moffett

Ricardo Ramos vs. Ricky Simón

Beneil Dariush vs. Chris Gruetzemacher

Davi Ramos vs. John Gunther

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Referee Responds To UFC Sao Paulo Main Event Criticisms

The referee presiding over the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 from São Paulo, Brazil, has responded to some criticisms of the fight’s stoppage. Longtime referee Marc Goddard saw a strange scenario during the fight. Eryk Anders’ mouthpiece fell out during the third round of his battle with Thiago Santos. […]

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The referee presiding over the main event of last night’s (Sat., September 22, 2018) UFC Fight Night 137 from São Paulo, Brazil, has responded to some criticisms of the fight’s stoppage.

Longtime referee Marc Goddard saw a strange scenario during the fight. Eryk Anders’ mouthpiece fell out during the third round of his battle with Thiago Santos. Santos had been landing far more power strikes throughout the fight. Anders, meanwhile, controlled the grappling department with many takedowns, making the fight a closely-contested main event.

Anders was attempting another one when Goddard stopped the action towards the end of the third frame. The referee awarded Anders position back, but it didn’t end in his favor.

Santos began unloading an assault of elbows and punches to Anders’ temple (watch highlights here). The tiring replacement fighter was wobbled badly. Anders concerningly fell three times after the round ended. Goddard called the fight off as a result.

At least one fighter had an exception with the ref’s decision. Top-ranked lightweight contender Kevin Lee is that man. Lee immediately called out Goddard on Twitter after the fight:

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Goddard responded shortly thereafter that he did the right thing by giving Anders his position back. He only returned the fighters to their original position, which he insisted was the right call:

The rising middleweight may have lost but earned an extra $50,000 for a “Fight of the Night” bonus in a bout he was hospitalized for afterward. For his part, he had a rather nonchalant reaction.

Anders wants to fight again rather soon despite taking an insane amount of damage at the end of the third round. It was a great fight, and he must have been cleared at the aforementioned medical facility.

Goddard did the best thing he could have done. The controversy seems a bit of a moot point right now. Do you believe Goddard impacted the violent end of the fight with the decision?

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