Jim Hettes’ evening came to what he felt was a premature ending at UFC on Fox 15 when his bout with Diego Brandao was halted by a cageside physician after the first round.
The fight was stopped because Hettes’ ear was badly cut and bleeding as a result of a Brandao elbow landed in the first frame. While Hettes’ injury wasn’t a pretty sight, it didn’t appear to be nearly as bad as, say, when Leslie Smith’s ear split in half in a loss against Jessica Eye at UFC 180.