Watched this fight this weekend and the knee didn't look all that bad in slow motion....I assumed he had broken his nose badly....it's rough...these guys are for real.

 

Evangelista Santos posts gruesome picture of his fractured skull - Business Insider

 

 

WARNING: graphic content.

 

MMA fighter Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos lost his fight to Michael Page at Bellator 158 on Saturday night.

 

Page finished Santos off with a crushing flying knee to Santos' forehead, immediately sending him to the ground as he writhed in pain.

 

Later, Santos' ex-wife Cris "Cyborg" Justino posted an Instagram of Santos from the hospital showing the brutal aftermath of the hit. Santos' skull was quite literally indented where he took Page's knee.

 

Santos later confirmed to MMA Fighting that he suffered a fractured skull in the incident. Justino wrote in her Instagram post that doctors said the injury could have been "life threatening" and that there is still a fear that his brain will keep swelling.

 

As if the injury didn't look bad enough, someone in the know compared it to a car accident.

 

A cut man who had worked as an EMT saw Cyborg after and told me he had only seen an injury like that in a severe car crash

 

— Jimmy Smith (@jimmysmithmma) July 17, 2016

MMA Fighting says Santos will undergo surgery and that while he will be sidelined for a long time, it doesn't mean his fighting career is over.

 

Nonetheless, in an era when player safety is prioritized across nearly all sports, such an alarming injury may raise awareness about the dangers of mixed martial arts.

Why I never watch MMA. Years ago watch a lady snap the ankle of another lady and had no desire to watch after that.

I can't stand that stuff and hate when Mr. Cat turns it on.

That would definitely end my fighting career.

That's a one in a million shot. Trying to prove the rule via an unfortunate exception. MMA is still light years safer than boxing. I'd assume that soccer players suffer skull fractures at a much higher ratio than MMA fighters. It is only due to the violence of the sport by definition that incidents like this take on such magnitude.

That would definitely end my fighting career.

 

Yup, I'd be done after that. Hope he's insured or had a good financial adviser.

 

(His docs might need to put a plate there?)

Not for the faint of heart for sure . Hopefully no one dies in the octagon .