Issue 153

April 2017

When fighters got their faces and fans had to cover their eyes.

THE THIRD EYE - CUB SWANSON

Two knees from José Aldo opened this up just eight seconds into the fight, making 'Killer' quit - possibly to take a look into another dimension through the new opening in his head.

THE AXE WOUND - DIEGO SANCHEZ

‘The Nightmare’ was never easy to put away, so BJ Penn took the closest thing he had to a hatchet – his shin – and swung it into his forehead.

THE SQUIRTER - JOE STEVENSON

Another massacre authored by Penn.

This time it was an elbow that sliced ‘Daddy’s skin. When ‘The Prodigy sunk in a choke, blood fountained out of his head.

THE SEVERING - LESLIE SMITH

"I’m fine,” Smith protested when her fight with Jessica Eye was halted. Sorry Leslie, but we’re afraid your ear is hanging off your head.

THE GOAT'S VAGINA - MARVIN EASTMAN

We’re sorry to be crude, but that’s exactly what Joe Rogan called this, the mother of all cuts, after Vitor Belfort’s knee had done its dirty work.

THE POUND OF FLESH - MATT HAMILL

Just wait until you see the other guy. Hamill actually won his fight with Tim Boetsch, but he was the one who needed the magic of the doctor’s needle and thread to close up his gaping wound.

THE GRAND CANYON - MIGUEL TORRES

Joseph Benavidez’s elbow cut so deep into Torres’ face you could see his skull. He needed two trips to surgery to sew this sucker up.

THE RIVER OF BLOOD - RON STALLINGS

Credit to Stallings for trying to fight through the affliction Uriah Hall gave him in Boston, but you could have sailed a yacht through that thing.

THE LEAKY FAUCET - STEFAN STRUVE

When Denis Stojnic brought ‘The Skyscraper’s claret forth, it poured and poured and poured, yet the Dutchman looked through his crimson mask and pulled out the victory.