Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has eyelid ‘ripped off’ during bare-knuckle MMA match in Florida
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum ‘pulled off’ eyelid during bare-knuckle MMA match in Florida
- Fabricio Werdum was seriously injured during the Gamebread Bareknuckle 5 MMA event
- But he actually had positive things to say about the bare-knuckle fighting afterward
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum was left battered after a bare-knuckle MMA match on Friday.
Facing Junior Dos Santos – also a former UFC heavyweight champion – in Jacksonville, Florida, both of Werdum’s eyes were bloodied during the fight.
But his left eye in particular was badly damaged, as play-by-play broadcaster Sean Wheelock couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
‘The eyelid falls off. The eyelid is literally torn open,” Wheelock said.
“If it weren’t for the blood, he could see right through that eyelid.”
Fabricio Werdum’s eye was seriously damaged on Friday evening during a bare-knuckle fight
Werdum lost to Junior Dos Santos by split decision at MMA event Gamebread Bareknuckle 5
Based on the damage Dos Santos did to him, it won’t be a huge surprise that Werdum lost the fight via split decision.
However, the Brazilian had nothing but positive things to say about the bare-knuckle fighting after the match.
“That was my first time (bare-knuckle fighting) and I loved it, that was amazing,” he said, according to MMA fighting.
‘I feel fine. I feel a little sore, but I think it’s okay. I’m fighting someone who was really well prepared. Everyone knows the legend he is.”
Werdum, 46 years old, last fought in the UFC in 2020.