Kowalkiewicz was left with a deformed face. Photo: Reproduction / Facebook @ufc
Flyweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz is one of the beautiful fighters in Ultimate, but she won't have good memories of UFC Auckland. The 34-year-old Polish muse left the event held last Saturday (22), in New Zealand, with his face completely deformed (see the image below).
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Kowalkiewicz faced the Chinese yan xiaonan and was dominated for 15 minutes, losing by unanimous decision from the judges (30-26, 30-26, 30-26). Still in the first round of the fight, Karolina suffered an injury close to her right eye. Despite being treated by doctors before the second round, she continued to compete and ended up aggravating the injury.
It seems, Karolina Kowalkiewicz suffered a fracture of the orbital bone and was banned from even leaving New Zealand for Poland, with the risk of the injury worsening even further during the flight.
“First time in my life after the fight, I can’t say I’m okay,” Kowalkiewicz said. “As you can see, at the beginning of the first round I broke a small bone [below my eye]. I couldn't see anything. My vision was double and everything was like fog. After the fight, I spent the whole day in the hospital”, added the athlete on her Instagram account.
“Today I’m going to see a specialist so they can make the decision. Because I need to have an operation and I'm waiting for a decision here or I can go back to Poland and have this operation there. The doctors said I have to stay here, because flying with that eye is very dangerous”, he concluded.
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Kowalkiewicz before/after UFC Auckland. Photo: Montagem SL MMA Press
Kowalkiewicz after fight at UFC Auckland. Photo: Reproduction / Facebook @ufc
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