Dustin Stoltzfus suffered some severe harm after UFC on ESPN 57.
Stoltzfus’ (15-6 MMA, 2-5 UFC) face was smashed courtesy of a spinning again elbow by Brunno Ferreira (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) of their middleweight bout this previous Saturday at KFC Yum! Middle in Louisville, Ky.
It was a wild first spherical the place Stoltzfus was greater than sport to interact in a brawl with Ferreira. He had his moments, however with lower than 10 seconds remaining in Spherical 1, Stoltzfus was despatched crashing to the canvas by Ferreira, inflicting extreme harm to his face.
Stoltzfus opened up on the loss in an Instagram submit Sunday.
“Not an excessive amount of to say right here. I strayed from the sport plan on the finish of the spherical.
I really feel like a fraud. I’m higher than this and I owe it to the wonderful individuals who help me to do higher. That being stated, there are solely so many spinning elbows to the face even my huge ol’ head can take.
That being stated: I’ve acquired quite a lot of therapeutic to do. My face is fractured and I’ve some vital nerve harm. I don’t know once I’ll be again to coaching, not to mention preventing.
Fortunately, the nice folks on the @ufc have all the time taken excellent care of me. I went on the market to placed on a present, now it’s time to place me again collectively and see what’s subsequent.
Thanks all for the love, however I’ll in all probability be off socials for some time ✌️.”
With the loss, Stoltzfus has break up his previous 4 appearances. Ferreira’s previous six wins have come by first-round knockout.
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