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Top UFC Lightweight Suffers Major Injury

This past Saturday at UFC Vegas 79 in Las Vegas, Rafael Fiziev suffered a torn left ACL in his main event bout against Mateusz Gamrot.

ACL Tear Sidelines Rafael Fiziev

Due to an injury of Fiziev, @Gamer_MMA secures the win via TKO tonight. #UFCVegas79 pic.twitter.com/A9ZaKKGE0X

— UFC (@ufc) September 24, 2023

In the second round of the fight, Fiziev threw a kick with his right leg on Gamrot that resulted in Fiziev going down in pain immediately after the impact.