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Rafael Fiziev suffers devastating knee injury in second round against Mateusz Gamrot – UFC Vegas 79 Highlights

Rafael Fiziev suffered an unfortunate knee injury in the second round of his UFC Vegas 79 main event with Mateusz Gamrot.

The opening round went pretty much how fight fans expected, with Rafael Fiziev attempting to land heavy shots while Gamrot worked to get things to the ground. Neither fighter was able to impose their will in the first five minutes, but Fiziev managed to land some solid strikes whilst avoiding the takedown attempts to Gamrot which likely earned him the round.

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Tragically, the second round would bring an anti-climactic end to the bout when Fiziev threw a right kick near the two-minute mark of the round.