In the first round of Rafael dos Anjos versus Colby Covington, at UFC 225, a stream of blood began trickling from behind the former UFC lightweight champion’s left ear. Now, after the dust has settled on RDA’s decision loss to Covington, the extent of the injury he suffered that night has been revealed.
The Brazilian took to Instagram to share a picture of his left ear bearing stitches connecting it back to his head. The titles across the image read “Tough situations build tough people” and “Just had my ear fixed.”
Sources close to the situation spoke to MMAFighting’s Guilherme Cruz about the injury.