Mohammad Yahya suffered a loss at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday however he in some way escaped critical damage regardless of his eye ballooning up from the injury he absorbed in his combat towards Steven Nguyen.
After changing into the sufferer for essentially the most knockdowns in a single combat in UFC historical past following six journeys to the canvas, Yahya was sporting critical swelling round his left eye. A lower below the attention didn’t assist however the swelling was so extreme that he clearly couldn’t see something out of that facet of his face after the second spherical ended.
It didn’t take referee Jason Herzog lengthy to have a look at Yahya’s face and know the combat was already over.
Judging by the quantity of injury he was sporting round his eye, it appeared virtually a certainty that Yahya probably suffered a damaged orbital bone or one thing else extreme however that wasn’t the case.
Throughout the UFC Abu Dhabi broadcast, it was confirmed that whereas Yahya did go to an area medical facility for remedy, he really suffered “no facial fractures” because of the loss.
That’s good however albeit considerably shocking information given the best way Yahya seemed afterwards with UFC CEO Dana White posting a photograph him backstage after leaving the octagon.
The loss dropped Yahya to 0-3 within the UFC and it’s attainable that whereas he averted critical damage, he could not get to stay round on the roster for much longer after this newest setback.
