Former Olympic wrestler Khetag Pliev loses finger during MMA fight
by Guardian sport from US news | The Guardian on (#5G34V)
- Middleweight's left ring finger was torn off mid-fight
- Pliev, 37, represented Canada at the 2012 Olympics
- Injury occurred during co-main event of CFFC 94
Khetag Pliev, the former Olympic freestyle wrestler turned professional MMA fighter, lost a finger during a Cage Fury Fighting Championships fight on Thursday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
Pliev, a four-time national wrestling champion known as The Terminator' who represented Canada at the 2012 London Olympics, suffered the gruesome injury during the first or second round of a middleweight bout with Devin Goodale in the co-main event of CFFC 94, which was broadcast live on the UFC's Fight Pass streaming service.
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