Haider Khan and Mostafa Neda, PFL Champions Collection: Highway to Dubai Credit score: PFL
The PFL Champions Collection: Highway to Dubai had a cracking begin, with apologies to Mostafa Neda.
Paired up with Haider Khan in a middleweight bout that was second in (and the primary professional struggle) on the cardboard on the Coca-Cola Enviornment in Dubai, UAE, Neda went down in apparent ache after a entrance kick related within the opening spherical.
Whereas what precisely had felled Nada wasn’t instantly clear, replay confirmed the Saudi Arabian fighter try to dam the kick together with his arm (or at the least get it in the best way of the blow), with the limb snapping like a twig because of this. Neda, wanting down on the mangled limb, then makes an attempt to align the bone, in all probability operating off sheer adrenaline at that time.
Not for the faint of coronary heart. #PFL #RoadToDubai pic.twitter.com/CfGBTb3nHV
Moments later, he was splayed out on his again in ache. Fortunately, each the ref and Khan had been conscious the struggle was over, and no pointless harm was delivered.
Struggle followers have seen loads of damaged legs lately – Anderson Silva, Chris Weidman, and Conor McGregor to call a couple of. Whereas Frank Mir snapped a few arms off submissions throughout his time within the sport, it’s been some time since we’ve seen an arm break off a kick at a serious MMA occasion. Cung Le breaking Frank Shamrock’s arm again within the day involves thoughts.
Haider Khan improved to 9-1 with the TKO victory, whereas Mostafa Neda dropped to 9-4, and can possible be on the mend for some time. PFL Champions Collection: Highway to Dubai is headlined by a light-weight title struggle as Bellator champ Usman Nurmagomedov takes on Paul Hughes.
