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Has Anyone Seen MMA Fighters' Lost Finger?
MMA Fighter Loses Finger During Bout as PA Announcement Asks If Anyone Has Seen It
MMA fighter Khetag Pliev loses his finger mid-fight at CFFC 94 against Devin Goodale in a 175 lb catchweight contest streamed on UFC Fight Pass.
GRAPHIC WARNING: The freak accident occurred while former Olympic wrestler Khetag Pliev took on Devin Goodale at a Cage Fury Fighting Championships event on Thursday night
Daily Mirror UK, 2 APR 2021.
One reporter present at the fight claimed the ring finger was "missing somewhere in the venue" after the fight ended.
“They just made a PA announcement at #CFFC94 that they are trying to locate a fighter’s missing finger,” wrote TSN's Aaron Bronsteter on Twitter.
“It evidently fell off into his glove during the bout and is missing somewhere in the venue.”
Meanwhile, the victorious Goodale admitted he "couldn't remember anything from the incident" after extending his record to four wins from four.
He added: “I got hit by something big, I don’t remember what happened. I’m just being honest. I don’t remember what happened. I’ll have to watch the tape myself, I don’t remember anything.”
Former WWE and UFC star CM Punk was on commentary for the fight and said: “I don’t understand exactly what happened.
“We’re not going to replay it for you, ladies and gentlemen, but it wasn’t a compound fracture. It wasn’t a dislocation, a break, a laceration.
"His finger was just gone. It’s gone. It fell off, ripped off.”
ESPN confirmed later on Thursday that Pliev's finger had been recovered and was re-attached during an operation at a nearby hospital.
CFFC president Rob Haydak said the finger had been lodged in Pliev's glove.
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