Struggle followers have witnessed some uncanny accidents all through the years, however seeing a fighter blow his knee out throughout a stroll to the cage might take the cake.
That’s precisely what occurred on Thursday night time (July 20, 2023) at FFC 64 in Lima, Peru, when Miguelito Grijalva and Martin Mollinedo had been set to collide in the principle occasion. Sadly, issues took a flip for the more severe when Grijalva made his option to the cage and began to prep himself for motion.
For essentially the most half, Grijalva performed himself like most different fighters. He wasn’t too flashy together with his walkout and made a typical entrance into the cage. Sadly, as Grijalva started to leap up and all the way down to get himself unfastened for his most important occasion scrap he got here down and landed awkwardly on his proper leg. Grijalva instantly fell to the canvas in ache and began to seize what seemed to be his knee. The battle was waved off and cageside officers rushed in for help.
Take a look at the stunning second within the above video participant.
This can be a very uncommon incidence in combined martial arts (MMA) and a real head-scratching incident, particularly for Mollinedo who had no concept what had occurred. On account of Grijalva’s harm, the FFC 64 headliner was ultimately dominated a no contest, per Tapology.
Grijalva, 22, stays undefeated in his skilled profession at 8-0. The Ecuadorian fighter was alleged to take his sport to the subsequent stage in his most important occasion conflict with Mollinedo, however now he’ll have to attend to return to motion. It’s unknown at the moment the extent of Grijalva’s leg harm and the way lengthy he’ll be out.
Wild stuff, proper?