STRONG IMAGE: Fighter loses tooth in bloody duel at UFC Las Vegas 51

P. Kianzad won the fight, but lost a tooth and suffered a deep cut on his nose (Photo: Twitter/UFC)

The victory over Lina Lansberg on the preliminary card of UFC Las Vegas 51, last Saturday (16), charged a price of Pannie kianzad. In addition to a deep cut on her nose, the Swede left the Octagon with one tooth missing after the bloody duel against her compatriot.

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Kianzad, however, does not seem to have cared much about the “damage”. The Swedish woman published, on her official Instagram profile, a photo pointing to the space left by the lost tooth.

Still at UFC Apex, the event's stage, Pannie kianzad He appeared wearing dental prosthetics to give a press conference after the fight. The Swede said she felt strong to continue the fight and come away with victory.

“I cut her at the beginning of the fight, then I cut myself and everything was bleeding. I felt quick and strong to overcome the things I thought I might have problems with. This means that everything I worked on really worked”, declared the fighter.

Losing teeth during fights is not exactly unheard of in Kianzad's life. During the 28th season of The Ultimate Fighter, the Swede lost a front tooth in her fight against German Katharina Lehner and started using a prosthesis in place of one of her teeth.

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