{"id":288205,"date":"2023-09-10T09:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T09:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288205"},"modified":"2023-09-10T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T09:34:20","slug":"former-ufc-champion-has-eyelid-ripped-off-in-bare-knuckle-mma-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/former-ufc-champion-has-eyelid-ripped-off-in-bare-knuckle-mma-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC champion has eyelid &apos;ripped off&apos; in bare-knuckle MMA match"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has eyelid &#8216;ripped off&#8217; during bare-knuckle MMA match in Florida<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fabricio Werdum was left badly injured at MMA event Gamebread Bareknuckle 5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But he actually had positive things to say about bare-knuckle fighting after<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum was left battered from a bare-knuckle MMA match on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Facing Junior Dos Santos &#8211; also a former UFC heavyweight champ &#8211; in Jacksonville, Florida, both of Werdum&#8217;s eyes were bloodied during the fight.<\/p>\n<p>But it was his left eye in particular that got badly damaged, as\u00a0play-by-play broadcaster Sean Wheelock couldn&#8217;t believe what he was seeing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The eyelid is falling off. The eyelid is literally torn open,&#8217; Wheelock said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If it wasn&#8217;t for the blood he could see right through that eyelid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/18\/75249643-12499553-image-a-65_1694281548770.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum&#8217;s eye was badly damaged in a bare-knuckle fight on Friday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/18\/75249645-12499553-image-a-66_1694281564100.jpg\" height=\"559\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Werdum lost to\u00a0Junior Dos Santos by split decision at MMA event Gamebread Bareknuckle 5<\/p>\n<p>Based on the damage Dos Santos inflicted upon him, it won&#8217;t come as a massive surprise that Werdum lost the fight via split decision.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brazilian had nothing but positive things to say about bare-knuckle fighting after the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That was my first time [fighting bare-knuckle MMA] and I loved it, that was amazing,&#8217; he said, according to MMA Fighting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel good. Feeling a little sore but I think that&#8217;s OK. I&#8217;m fighting someone who was really well-prepared. Everybody knows the legend that he is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Werdum, 46 years old, last fought in the UFC in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12499553\/Former-UFC-heavyweight-champion-Fabricio-Werdum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has eyelid &#8216;ripped off&#8217; during bare-knuckle MMA match in Florida Fabricio Werdum was left badly injured at MMA event <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/former-ufc-champion-has-eyelid-ripped-off-in-bare-knuckle-mma-match\/\" title=\"Former UFC champion has eyelid &amp;apos;ripped off&amp;apos; in bare-knuckle MMA match\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UFC champion has eyelid &amp;apos;ripped off&amp;apos; 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