UFC fighter Irene Aldana was left with one of the nastiest cuts in the sport’s history during her fight in the Las Vegas Sphere against Brazilian Norma Dumont.
Superstar Sean O’Malley was the main event but there was still much attention placed on the meeting of the two bantamweights at the historic event on Saturday night.
The bout proved to be a tight affair in the early round before a clash of heads resulted in 36-year-old suffering a grotesque cut to her face.
Commentator Jon Anik referred to it as a ‘slot machine-esque’ gash, while UFC legends such as legend Daniel Cormier lauded the Mexican fighter for battling on as blood poured from her face.
The brutal beating was not helped by Dumont’s obvious targetting of the area. The cutman did he best to address the wound but little could be done given the size of the injury.
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Bantamweight Irene Aldana suffered a large deep cut to her face during her fight against Norma Dumont
The 36-year-old has blood pouring from the laceration but continued to fight on in Las Vegas
Aldana lost the fight 30-27 from all three judges to slip to 15-8 in her career, though she won plenty of fans
The Mexican was one of several fighters of Mexican heritage to fight in honor of the country’s independence day
One X account joked: ‘Did Irene Aldana get hit with an axe in the octagon?’
The card featured seven fighters of Mexican heritage, spearheaded by Alexa Grasso who was defending defends her women’s flyweight title against legend Valentina Shevchenko.
Victory marked Dumont’s fifth on the bounce in the Octagon, improving to an 8-2 record in the UFC.
Meanwhile Aldana, the former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger, has now gone 4-4 in her last eight contests.
