Friday night on the Asian MMA scene, American super-heavyweight Chris Barnett, better known as “Huggy Bear” suffered a flesh flapping eye injury in the first round of his fight that put an end to the action quick.
A single punch would damage the American’s eye, sending the twitter-verse into overdrive as the gruesome injury unfolded on the live broadcast.
Some reactions and photos quickly surfaced:
@ROADFC 038
Hyun Man Myung venceu Chris Barnett por TKO (corte-interrupção médica), 1R#roadfc038 #mma pic.twitter.com/KYXBcj5JjY— Fight2Live.net (@fight2live_net) April 15, 2017
RoadFC – Superfight – Open Weight – Myung Hyun Man def. Chris Barnett by 1R TKO (injury) pic.twitter.com/iVDnWgFIqa
— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) April 15, 2017
Damn Chris Barnett's fight gets waved off towards the end of the first after he gets two cuts on his right eye and can't open it #ROADFC
— Tommy Spencer (@twspencer91) April 15, 2017
Here’s the replay:
To his credit Barnett looked like he was ready to turn the tide before the doctors jumped in and stopped the fight.
Thoughts?
