According to this tasty photo from the folks at ESPN, Head Grappling Coach, Neil Melanson from Xtreme Couture opted to have his toe removed rather than go through surgery to straighten the toe. Melanson explains:
“The only thing they could try, is put screws in it to straighten it out, but that would be up to a year of downtime,” he said. “The doctor thought I was a little nuts because he was like, ‘Well, don’t you want to keep that thing?’ I just said, ‘I can’t take a year off.’ He didn’t cut through any bone. They cut into the foot at the lowest joint possible and then sow all the webbing between the toes. So, it looks like a Ninja Turtle foot or something.”
Wow…gotta admire the crazy dedicated guy.
*Source: Cagewriter