After defeat to Miocic, Napão publishes photo of his broken hand

Napão's hand swollen due to the fracture. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook

The outcome of UFC on FOX 10, held last Saturday (25) in Chicago (USA), was not at all positive for the Brazilian Gabriel Napao. In addition to suffering his second defeat in the last four fights, the 34-year-old from Rio de Janeiro, who faced the North-American of Croatian descent Stipe Miocic in the event, he fractured his right hand in the fight. After the fight, Napão used the Facebook to vent and publish an image of the broken hand.

“I lost… And I broke my hand”, published the athlete on his official page on the social network. Shortly after leaving the octagon, after the defeat to Miocic, Gabriel had already commented on the injury. “I broke my right hand in the first round and that changed everything. Even though he was faster than me, I couldn't fight properly because of the pain I felt in my hand”, said the heavyweight.

At 34, Gabriel Gonzaga, “Napão”, has a record of 16 wins and eight losses. In 2007, the Rio native challenged Randy Couture for the heavyweight belt, but ended up defeated in the main fight of UFC 74. After a brief period away from Ultimate, Napão returned to the most famous octagon on the planet in January 2012 and has since won four victories, over Ednaldo Lula, Ben Rothwell, Dave Herman and Shawn Jordan, and suffered two setbacks, to Travis Browne and Stipe Miocic.