Irene Aldana spent three rounds within the octagon with Norma Dumont at UFC 306 nevertheless it appeared like she was tangling with Jason Voorhees simply someday after Friday the thirteenth.
A conflict of heads opened a horrific reduce on Aldana’s head that had blood operating down into her eyes as she stored wiping at her face whereas making an attempt to mount a comeback in opposition to Dumont. Regardless of a valiant effort, Aldana simply couldn’t get the job accomplished with Dumont in the end successful a unanimous resolution.
Whereas the loss most likely stung sufficient, Aldana then needed to go backstage to get remedy on her reduce with UFC CEO Dana White displaying off a photograph of the ugly gash earlier than she bought medical consideration.
Dr. Greg Hsu — the UFC’s on-staff doctor and surgeon — then took it one step additional by posting a video that confirmed him transferring the reduce round Aldana’s head earlier than finally stitching her up.
The video undoubtedly isn’t for the faint of coronary heart as Hsu exhibits simply how deep the reduce went on Aldana’s head.
The following slide over exhibits the aftermath with Hsu actually stitching Aldana’s brow again collectively once more following the injury accomplished from the battle.
It’s secure to imagine that Aldana goes to wish some cosmetic surgery within the not too distant future to make sure that machete-like wound doesn’t go away her with a everlasting scar throughout her brow.