Valentina Shevchenko will need to go under the knife for the hand injury she suffered in the opening round of her championship rematch with Alexa Grasso on Saturday night.
will need to go under the knife for the hand injury she suffered in the opening round of her championship rematch with Alexa Grasso on Saturday night.The former flyweight queen revealed on social media that she has a “communited fracture that requires surgery.” According toYesterday got the results on my 1 st round hand injury.At the post-fight press conference following UFC Fight Night 227, Shevchenko speculated that she broke her thumb in the opening stanza.
“I broke my thumb in the first round, and it’s fractured,” Shevchenko said. “I felt it affect my striking, but at the same time I thought, If I stop, it’s going to be very frustrating for the whole fans for this night because they were waiting for this fight, they wanted to see this fight, and If I stopped in the first round and said, ‘I cannot continue.’ Again, that’s against my personal rules. That’s why I continued to fight with my whole heart. I did everything to secure the victory.
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