Ozzy Diaz scored his first win contained in the Octagon at UFC 313.
After developing brief in his promotional debut late final yr, Diaz delivered a formidable three-round efficiency, securing himself a unanimous resolution victory over Djorden Santos.
Sadly, Diaz’s celebrating could be lower brief. 4 days faraway from his massive win in Las Vegas, Diaz revealed on social media that he underwent emergency surgical procedure to restore a indifferent retina in his left eye.
“What’s up, guys? Just got home from the doctor’s and wanted to update you on exactly what happened,” Diaz advised his followers on Instagram. “In that first spherical, I assume a punch landed, and my retina obtained torn. I couldn’t see for your entire battle. So I went to the physician right now, and yeah, they needed to rush me to a retina specialist. They used a laser to seal the retina so no extra blood would get between.
“I’m just so grateful for the UFC, Dana White, and Mick Maynard for making this happen so quickly,” Diaz added. “The laser surgery went very well, and as you can see, it’s pretty disgusting. I’m going to be out for a few weeks, but once I’m healed up, I’ll get back in there and do it again.”
Fortunately, the attention surgical procedure was a hit.
Ozzy Diaz couldn’t see by means of a majority of his battle at uFC 313
Talking with Joe Rogan following his win over Santos, Diaz revealed that the sight in his left eye had fully disappeared following an early alternate.
“I don’t know what happened in the first exchange, I couldn’t see from my left eye so I had to get in that paint, I had to dig deep,” Diaz mentioned within the Octagon. “It was f*cking tough, I couldn’t see for like, we had one exchange in the beginning and that was it, my left eye, I couldn’t see.”
Total, the California native is 10-3 in his professional MMA profession with two of his wins coming underneath the Bellator banner adopted by a 4-0 run within the LFA.
