D. Cruickshank displays eye injury after TUF 20 Finale.
The American and Daron Cruickshank had a good fight against KJ Noons at the TUF 20 Finale, an event held in the early hours of Saturday (13), in Las Vegas. However, an incident forced the dispute to end in 'no content' (no results).
Noons stretched out his arm with his hand open to measure the distance, but one of his fingers hit Cruickshank's eye unintentionally, according to the central referee. After being examined by doctors, he was unable to continue fighting.
Taken to hospital, Daron Cruickshank posted on his Twitter account the damage done to his eye by the illegal blow. The American revealed that the blow tore his tear duct,
As treatment, the American fighter underwent eye surgery this afternoon. Through the microblog network, Cruickshank expressed peace with the intervention and hopes to return to competing as soon as possible.
“On the way to surgery. I hope I make a speedy recovery and can have my rematch as soon as possible,” she wrote.
D. Cruickshank posted the message on his way to the hospital for eye surgery
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Punishments in sight
At the press conference after the TUF 20 Finale, UFC president Dana White did not hide his dissatisfaction with the constant injuries caused by illegal blows, such as a finger to the eye. The manager demanded that athletes who engage in this type of behavior receive a harsher punishment.
“I don't know what to do about eye pokes other than asking the referees to tell the fighters to close their hands. If you hit a guy in the eye, you have to lose the round or something like that. The punishments need to be harsher, and this will make the fighters keep their hands closed”, argued Dana.
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