Bloody Elbow · Jun 12, 2019
Despite reports, Donald Cerrone says he has no broken orbital bone
Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty ImagesIt looks like Donald Cerrone got off rather light following his controversial bout with Tony Ferguson at UFC 238. Cowboy’s eye got disgustingly swollen after blowing his nose in between rounds two and three, a few seconds taking a late shot from Ferguson that may or may not have caused an injury. It led to the flight being stopped and El Cucuy being awarded a TKO victory.
It seemed pretty obvious at the time that Cerrone had suffered some sort of facial or orbital injury based on how quickly his eye inflated, and UFC president Dana White confirmed an orbital injury following UFC 238. But in an Instagram post today, Cowboy says he somehow escaped major injury: