UFC fighter Rafa Garcia wanted two hours of medical consideration after his win over Hayisaer Maheshate on Saturday night time, after an elbow to the top left him with a lower artery.
Garcia received caught within the second spherical with the elbow nevertheless it did not cease him throughout the combat, regardless of it instantly bleeding very closely.
The 28-year-old received on factors however wanted prolonged medical therapy within the instant aftermath as a result of profuse bleeding.
It was his cornerman, UFC veteran Cub Swanson, who detailed fairly how gory a situation Garcia was in.
Rafa Garcia (proper) was coated in blood after getting caught with an elbow in his UFC combat
Garcia received the combat however want two hours of medical therapy after, to cease the bleeding
His cornerman, Cub Swanson, mentioned that the elbow lower an artery on Garcia’s head within the combat
‘Rafa Garcia had a lower artery on his head. It took the UFC medical employees nearly two hours to get it to cease bleeding. He’s okay now,’ Swanson wrote on Twitter.
Sharing a video of blood pouring by way of a gauze pad on Garcia’s head, Swanson added: ‘The UFC medical crew did an ideal job getting this factor mounted up’.
As soon as Garcia was handled and cleaned up, he spoke to media in a press convention after his win.
‘I believe I received 15 stitches!’ Garcia mentioned. ‘I believe it is essentially the most stitches I’ve ever gotten.
‘Every time I get a lower, they usually glue it. You by no means know within the combat, the judges may see the blood, an excessive amount of blood, and provides him a spherical.
After he had been cleaned up, Garcia spoke about his fears they’d cease the combat because of his lower
‘Or they’ll cease the combat. You simply by no means know. In order that made me maintain pushing and attempt to make an announcement.
‘I knew he was an ideal striker and an ideal counter-puncher. It was exhausting, I went in there and hit the physique so much and I really feel like that broke him slightly bit.
‘It did not have an effect on me (the blood), I used to be simply involved they had been going to cease the combat. Typically, the judges will base stuff on harm.’
