MMASucka · Sep 29, 2023
Top UFC Lightweight Suffers Major Injury
This past Saturday at UFC Vegas 79 in Las Vegas, Rafael Fiziev suffered a torn left ACL in his main event bout against Mateusz Gamrot.
ACL Tear Sidelines Rafael Fiziev
Due to an injury of Fiziev, @Gamer_MMA secures the win via TKO tonight. #UFCVegas79 pic.twitter.com/A9ZaKKGE0X
— UFC (@ufc) September 24, 2023
In the second round of the fight, Fiziev threw a kick with his right leg on Gamrot that resulted in Fiziev going down in pain immediately after the impact. During the kick, Fiziev planted his weight on his left knee to which it was visually certain it had given out.
Due to the injury, Gamrot was awarded a TKO victory via injury stoppage.