GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dustin Poirier shows teammate Johnny Eblen’s disgusting facial injury following altercation with UFC champion Leon Edwards after beating his brother, Fabian at Bellator 299
- Eblen defeated Fabian Edwards at Bellator 299, but came away with a nasty injury
- He also had an altercation with Leon Edwards in the Octagon after the fight
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Dustin Poirier has revealed on social media a disgusting facial injury his teammate Johnny Eblen suffered at Bellator 299.
Eblen took on Leon Edwards’ brother, Fabian, and Eblen knocked him out with a nasty series of elbows to win the fight in just 21 seconds in the third round on Saturday night.
The win was his fourteenth in a row, but it wasn’t as easy as Eblen would have liked as Edwards broke him open with a perfectly placed elbow in the closing seconds of round number two.
Eblen’s teammate Poirier has since revealed the extent of the injury on social media, posting a gruesome photo of the cut.
“Champ said it was just a scratch,” he wrote with a photo of Elben’s forehead scar.
Johnny Eblen suffered a disgusting facial injury during his victory over Fabian Edwards
There was drama after the fight when Leon Edwards, Fabian’s brother, tried to take on Eblen in the ring in a post-fight altercation.
However, the pair were separated when Eblen saw blood dripping from the scar down his face.
Fabian Edwards’ elbow will undoubtedly have a long-lasting effect on Eblen, but in the end it was the middleweight champion who once again came out on top.
The win moves Eblen to 14-0 in his professional career. The win could potentially vault him to the top of the MMA Fighting Global rankings.
It remains to be seen what’s next for the Bellator star, who is proving unbeatable so far.