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MMA fighter Janaina Soares avoids serious injury despite shocking hematoma in TKO loss

Brazilian atomweight Janaina Soares lost her professional mixed martial arts debut recently in Itaborai, Brazil, and a photo of her face went viral online days later.

Soares, who had previous experience in muay thai before making the transition to MMA, took on Vanessa Goncalves at Favela Kombat 30 in a 105-pound fight, and doctors called the end of the fight between rounds two and three, ruling Soares unfit to return to the final five minutes.

So of all the hematoma’s ive seen in combat sports, this is probably number one! Vanessa Gonçalves def. Janaina Soares by TKO (doctor stoppage)!