Strangeness just seems to find Khetag Pliev.
Four months after nearly losing a finger in one of the most bizarre injuries in combat sports history, Pliev returned to the Cage Fury Fighting Championships Cage on Saturday to fight Nah-Shon Burrell in a 175-pound catchweight bout at CFFC 99 in Tunica, Miss.
It didn’t take long before Pliev was involved in another odd incident as he and Burrell had to briefly pause their contest when a large moth flew into the cage. Referee Eric McMahon immediately called for a stop to the action until the insect made its exit.