Khetag Pliev nearly lost a finger earlier this month, but he now has one less loss on his record.
The 37-year-old middleweight suffered one of the most bizarre injuries in combat sports history at CFFC 94 in Philadelphia on April 2 after his ring finger was bent back into his glove and left in such a malformed state that it was originally thought to have been severed mid-fight. Initially, the bout was ruled a TKO victory for his opponent Devin Goodale when the injury was discovered between the second and third rounds.
The finger didn’t completely sever and Pliev later confirmed that it was successfully reattached.