So that you need to be a fighter, huh?
Mateusz Rebecki was made an instance concerning the brutal nature of the struggle recreation Saturday when he suffered a lopsided loss to Diego Ferreira of their light-weight bout at UFC on ESPN 56.
Coming into the occasion with all of the momentum and on a 16-fight profitable streak, Rebecki (19-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) noticed his run dropped at a screeching halt by Ferreira (19-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at Enterprise Middle in St. Louis, and the Polish fighter may have the battle scars for a while to recollect it.
The facial injury delivered by Ferreira was virtually horrifying. Each of Rebecki’s eyes have been basically swollen shut by the point the TKO stoppage mercifully got here with 9 seconds left within the remaining spherical. He was minimize open and bloodied to make issues worse.
It’s no shock Rebecki was transported to hospital instantly after exiting the hospital, and on the best way he shared a picture of his face that’s not for the squeamish.
Test it out under (by way of Instagram):
The defeat was Rebecki’s first in MMA competitors since September 2014. Ferreira, in the meantime, has put collectively back-to-back stoppage victories to place a long way between a three-fight dropping skid that consumed his 2021 marketing campaign.
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