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Canada's Khetag Pliev (5-1) took on undefeated American Devin Goodale (3-0) at CFFC 94 on Friday night. In an unsightly and unusual event, Pliev's finger disappeared.
You read that correctly, his finger was gone and the only thing left was a stub oozing finger juice.
What the fuck???? Khetag Pliev's finger is gone #CFFC94 pic.twitter.com/svNeLy8ygd
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
MMA Twitter connoisseur @Grabaka_Hitman is investigating the exact moment that the finger snapped off.
Where is the finger. It fell off after R1?? And he still fought #CFFC94
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
Well now I have to go back and see when it snapped off
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
"It wasn't a compound fracture. It wasn't a break. His finger is gone."
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
CM Punk asking Pliev's opponent Devin Goodale about the finger, but he says he was hit in the head and has no memory of what happened. Quite the sport we have here.
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
Okay so the finger is still there (left hand) with 2:11 left in R1 #CFFC94 pic.twitter.com/RxfNzezcTy
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
Ok false alarm sorry. It was his other hand. There was a point with :50 left in R1 where he swings and his fingers go through the cage, and they clearly hit the straps holding the padding. The camera angle doesn't let us see what happened, but he grabs his hand immediately after.
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
I've watched it over and I'm legit baffled how it happened or where the finger could be. Nothing major happens in the final 2 mins of the round.
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
TSN's Aaron Bronsteter offered this update.
They just made a PA announcement at #CFFC94 that they are trying to locate a fighter's missing finger.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 2, 2021
It evidently fell off into his glove during the bout and is missing somewhere in the venue.
Per CFFC President Rob Haydak on the broadcast, Pliev's finger was found inside his glove.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 2, 2021
I'm told that he was transported to the hospital to have it reattached.
Former WWE superstar and UFC fighter CM Punk, who serves as a commentator for CFFC, reacted to the incident on Twitter.
So. A fighter just lost his finger. @CFFCMMA @UFCFightPass #CFFC94
— player/coach (@CMPunk) April 2, 2021
See more Twitter reaction to the grotesque injury below.
Imagine telling people you lost your finger on April 1st.....#CFFC94
— MaRCeL DoRFF -------- (@BigMarcel24) April 2, 2021
It's all fun and games until your finger falls off in a cage fight. #CFFC94
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) April 2, 2021
Is that it? pic.twitter.com/1vmi8PdIdZ
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) April 2, 2021
He lost his finger though!?! -- #cffc94 pic.twitter.com/Y6ctf4YHR5
— The Stockton Queen ---- ------ (@TheFightQueen) April 2, 2021
Epic card bro ----#cffc94 pic.twitter.com/U4SHRlONKw
— Mark Fellows ---- (@FellowsMark) April 2, 2021
So Apparently Khetag Pliev LOST HIS RING FINGER IN THE FIRST ROUND AND STILL FOUGHT ANOTHER ROUND#CFFC94 #MMA #MMATwitter
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) April 2, 2021
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