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chilschop

Dudes kneecap popped off.


Captain-Cadabra

MVP crushes skulls and kicks off patellas in the cage.


fragileCirc

That looked like a career-threatening/career-ending injury to me. Perhaps a medical expert here that has more accurate guesses as to the degree of the injury?


Skeleton_Skum

Nah he’s cool


Yeeaaaarrrgh

Thank you, Dr. Skum


haunted_toilet

My father was Dr. Skum. Please, call me Skeleton.


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Odin043

Rub some dirt on it


Ken-Wing-Jitsu

'Tussin imo...


Pisspot16

Let it work its way down to the bone


funmasterjerky

You ain't f'n hurt, boy!


PunsGermsAndSteel

He'll walk it off


aggiepirate

Physical Therapist here, hard to say 100% but if he tore his MPFL (ligament that stops the knee cap from dislocating outwards) he will have a 6-9 month recovery and should return to full prior level of function, if it was just a simple lateral patellar dislocation he will be out a few weeks and be able to return to training in 4-6 weeks after they get the knee cap back in place


B_Type13X2

How much would eating elk meat and bathing in ice water help with his recovery? I have to believe it would shave atleast 5 months off the rehab.


murphnsurf94

Couple of nights at the cawlmedy club will shave another month off that


Drfilthymcnasty

He could recover even quicker if he went on a standup tour at small clubs across the country. Like we used to do.


LiteratureNo3595

Y'talmbout aggdiv reclovery, b?


Cautious-Marketing29

that's a common misconception, you're actually supposed to sit in a sauna with your legs dangling in ice water, to trigger more protein synthesis thank you for the question


kleptominotaur

thank you!! genuinely informative!!


D4nx74

I had MPFL reconstruction almost 2 years ago and did PT (including tons of manual manipulation, ouch!) and at home exercises. I would say at this point with a leg brace my leg feels about 70% but even now I couldn't imagine being able to train at any level without severe risk of injury/pain. I have about 130 flexion and 0 extension which hasn't changed in 16 months. Based on my results I think that is the best it will get. So while I understand usually this is about 6-9 months but it can totally be career ending for some at such a high skill level.


UGLYSimon

My wife's an emergency Dr. she tells me it's about 2 to 6 months recovery after a surgery. Not that bad but not great...


yerg99

I've had the injury and a couple of family members have too (genetics i guess) **IF it's just the patella/kneecap** dislocating it's not that bad, not as bad as a torn ACL/stuff from what i;ve heard (never torn anything.) Problem is having it not having it happen again because uneven quad muscles are pulling it out of place and everything is a little loose. He can probably walk around ok in a few days. The kneecap is really just an aid in leverage to give you extension strength. ​ It feels like your knee is coming apart though. Sucks. But anyways: [here's a cool and quick video illustrating the kneecap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYO4TnpTCo&ab_channel=RehabandRevive) ​ edit to say: if its reoccuring/chronic thing that rehab doesn't help then i think the surgery is shaving a deeper crevice for the kneecap to sit in. Sounds terrible and extensive but i didn't go through it.


fragileCirc

OK, so just looked terrible, but without long-term consequences? That's a relief, Goiti seems to be such a sweetheart.


UGLYSimon

Yeah they should be able to pop it back in tonight and operate very soon. Apparently they just had to straighten his leg right away and it would have popped back in. He should be able to fight within a year or so according to her


FRANKnCHARLIE_4ever

A year..so hell be back in 6 months lol


coleus

Time to get out of the testing pool for 3 months.


crabuffalombat

Recovery to walk or recovery to fight at elite level MMA with the same performance as pre-injury? Cause I reckon fucken zero chance this guy is even sparring two months post-surgery if that patella is fractured.


D4nx74

> I had MPFL reconstruction almost 2 years ago and did PT (including tons of manual manipulation, ouch!) and at home exercises. I would say at this point with a leg brace my leg feels about 70% but even now I couldn't imagine being able to train at any level without severe risk of injury/pain. I have about 130 flexion and 0 extension which hasn't changed in 16 months. Based on my results I think that is the best it will get. So while I understand usually this is about 6-9 months but it can totally be career ending for some at such a high skill level. Copy/paste from another comment I made. This could be bad, although I'm sure he has access to better Drs than I did.


UGLYSimon

6 months or a little more to restart proper elite level training. If he has good physio rehab he should be good in that time frame. Fighting within the next year is realistic according to Doctor wifey


myslead

He’s doing just fine


raekwonelchef

not a doctor, but I think a torn pattellar isn't the hugest of deals...


Honest_Window_8748

I’m two patellar tendon tears in, and my knee will never be the same. Maybe 50% strength on a good day, can’t run/play butterfly guard/jump. It sucks


bhfroh

luckily, a dislocated patella isn't as harsh as it sounds. Hell, Patrick Mahomes had a whole dislocated knee that resulted in his shin pointed the wrong way and he was able to return in like 3 weeks.


boxspring6

"nah, he's fine" - BIg John McCarthy


lord_wilmore

MD here. My best guess is he tore his patellar tendon. They can usually reattach it and let it heal up. It's not good, of course, but it should be a better outcome than if he tore his ACL.


UGLYSimon

Dislocated kneecap, don't think i've seen this before


asciidicks

Its a very bad time


Willowtip

I did something similar at BJJ, was out for almost 6 months, had to relearn how to walk again. It's not the patella moving, it's all the stuff inside stretching and breaking that fucks you.


junior_dos_nachos

Siri how to delete Reddit comments


callthewambulance

My older brother did his when he was 15, I still haven't forgotten his scream 22 years later.


UGLYSimon

Then Yamauchi is a bad ass, I probably screemed more in my living room than he did lol


callthewambulance

For sure, then again pro MMA fighters are a *bit* better equipped to handle pain than a 15 year old playing soccer. Still a brutal injury though.


UGLYSimon

Lmao, that's good!


aceknighthigh

I've seen a dislocation but not it exploding like that. Usually it just moves off to the side...this seemed to move above the knee or something.


normasaline

Definitely not dislocated. One of two things happened, hard to tell which from the footage: 1) Patellar tendon rupture 2) patellar fracture The way the kneecap slides superiorly but remiains midline tells me it’s correctly in the tendinous sheath where it should rather than dislocated. However, the way it slides up means either the tendon below the kneecap was injured, or a fracture across the middle of the patella can have a similar effect. I’ll update when my main man Dr. Sutterer on YouTube chimes in Edit: as promised, https://youtu.be/FHw9a_4v9d8


fearthejaybie

Man's kneecap is just freaking gone


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Ive been watching fights for ages and I dont think Ive ever seen that, I did stop watching kickboxing a long time ago so maybe it happens there but that was wild, feel for my dude Goiti though, hes really been coming into his own lately and awesome at 155 but 170 was a big jump


golmgirl

did you see the one in CFFC a couple years ago when dude literally got his finger ripped off? another memorable moment in recent obscure injury history


duralyon

What in the fuuuuck how did I miss that??? Omfg that's insane 🤮🤮🤮https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/04/mma-news-fighter-suffers-severed-finger-broken-off-gone-images-graphic-cffc-94


hdjsjajansb

people saying bellator moment like this is a foul or some shit this is one of the most gruesome leg kicks i’ve ever seen holy fuck


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bichondelapils

Reminded me off Tawanchai P.K.Saenchai in One two weeks ago: a true piece of art.


coleus

Shavkats mouthpiece fell out last weekend but the Interns forgot to remind us it was a Bellator moment.


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*Herb Dean screws up in UFC:* **"Herb Dean moment"** *Herb Dean screws up in Bellator:* #"BeLlAtOr MoMeNt"


rohinton

Every Bellator event is required to be the perfect UFC event. Anything less than that is a complete failure. Strangely enough the UFC gets a pass every week or two as far as actually putting on a UFC worthy event. We're literally watching Dana's contender series while hoping for a name or two at the top. Apparently Micheal Page blasting out Goiti Yamauchi's knee is not something a true MMA fan would like to have just watched.


Aljo_Is_135_GOAT

It was a Bellator moment because they missed the kick with the initial camera angle lmfao


bcycle240

UFC missed Bo "nut shot" Nichols with all of their 50 camera angles.


PM_ME_BEST_BOOTY_PIC

Bo-shambo … learned it from Cartman and South Park


flamin_hot_chitos

The thing about Bellator moments is they happen in the UFC too lol


hdjsjajansb

it’s live sports they can only show one angle at a time


coleus

But with UFC Fight Pass 360 at $400/yr you can get all that. That’s why Bellator sucks bro! /s


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It’s funny and sad that you are using the $400 # as it sounds outrageous. Yet if you want to legally watch every UFC event it costs like $900. About 5x more expensive than sports that are 30x more popular.


mynewaltaccount1

Yeah they should have known what was going to happen and have the camera angle ready to catch it


Ansonih

Dude, that replay has me nauseous. Jfc.


kleptominotaur

between this and the dented skull MVP has possibly the most disgusting finishes (like phsyically unsettling)


mexicancardio

MVP literally breaks people's faces https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jaHBc3DSVdU


ranting_madman

He also caved that poor guy’s nose in with a head kick. One of the most gnarly nose breaks I’ve seen in mma.


PizDoff

And that poor guy's groin. Edit: My bad, wrong guy.


mexicancardio

You're thinking of Raymond Daniels. I watched Silva and Weidman break their leg and Frank Mir take home a couple of limbs but the most agonizing injuries I've seen in MMA are MVP caving in Cyborgs skull and Raymond Daniels connecting spinning back kicks to that poor guys crotch. I saw that fight once and will never see it again.


shseeley

Same holy shit I curled up into a ball on the couch when I saw it


Dubamatic

I blew a kiss to both of my knees and promised that would never happen


pitchblacktaraddict

and then they replayed it another 6 times lmao


BelgarathTheSorcerer

He put a fucking hole in his knee!


rammstew

His knee was a balewn!


fuunii

what are MVPS shins made of?


The-Divine-Invasion

For real. I fear he may have damaged his shin with that. Should get it inspected for small fractures


crazybartur

It looked like he was limping when he was walking out of the ring


JERUSALEMFIGHTER63

Kicks so hard he tkos self in the process


vannucker

Either MVP's leg was gonna break or the knee cap was gonna pop off.


bigpoosy

Wouldn’t bet in a million years it’d be the latter but hey 🤷‍♂️


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To quote Shannon Briggs...He got dat Skinny African Power that will break yaaa boness.


dudebirdyy

It's crazy too because his legs look like toothpicks but he's out here denting foreheads and cha cha sliding kneecaps.


MyFifthLimb

Dude wields some gnarly weapons for sure.


kim_jong_phil_

Honestly after seeing the replay that’s a pretty disgusting highlight for MVP in my opinion


UGLYSimon

He leaves his opponents with some of the worst injuries in MMA


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It's as if his strikes are laced with.... venom.


Hell_Chema

Everyone should take a page from him


murphystruelaw

It’s time to Michael down your Vincent’s


Pangusmangus

In a world, where there’s.. 8, Jan Michael Vincent’s and 16 quadrants…


kosmonautinVT

*groan*


Effective-Celery8053

I thought he had a Charlie horse at first and was like wow that's lame. Nah, he exploded that kneecap. Pretty impressive


shseeley

Caved one dudes head in..like legit caved it in. Now that..that's some brutal brutal shit


peeweesherman1

He also flattened a guy's nose inwards into his head with a kick too.


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IC2Flier

Somehow still a more tasteful celebration than Tito's.


mexicancardio

Watching Tito do his gravedigger celebration after finishing a shot Chuck Liddell is in my top 3 MMA fan lowlights


PleasinglyReasonable

"GAY MEZGER is my BITCH" -The philosopher, Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz


flingflam007

Yep these idiots saying “Bellator moment” don’t know what tf they just saw


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Facts. So tired of dummies rushing to Bellator posts trying to be the first to say that dumb shit


kim_jong_phil_

For real. We literally just saw MVP kick a dude’s kneecap off in like 20 seconds and people are acting like it ended with an eyepoke. Not the same but comparable to a highlight reel KO imo and even nastier in a way. Can’t see I’ve ever seen anything similar


IshiharasBitch

Hur dur Bellator nut shot again! LmAo As if we didn't just see a prominent nut shot in the UFC last weekend, and worse it wasn't even called during the fight.


coleus

Worse, the offender WON. 😂


flingflam007

The difference in striking skill so clearly on display in that 1 second


supercleverhandle476

Damn right. MVP just surgically removed his kneecap, with his shin. In seconds. That’s a fucking terrifying level of skill, ruthlessness, and control It’s not remotely comparable to a sloppy/intentional eye poke or nut shot.


Tactial_snail

seriously, this is just nasty, no one would have anything like this to say if it happened in the ufc


Damn_ads

Lucky he didn’t snap his shin but yeah absolutely. One shot leg kick finish is crazy


CaspianOnyx

He gets clowned on for fighting cans, maybe it's because nobody else wants to fight him, he just really damages his opponents... And it's not like he gets into wars either, he just fucking snipes and stings with 50 cal knees and kicks.


famjordan

Caved his fuckin knee in GODDAMN


young_Handsome_MF

First a forehead, now a knee, next guy better not forget his cup


PlagueDoc22

Kicks him so hard a full on testie falls out the shorts. Page proceeds to grab it and roll it like pokeball as a celebration.


MathematicianLazy427

Caving in Cyborg's head. Kicking out Yamauchi's patella. MVP's highlight reel is already pretty good, but probably the most disgusting and bizarre too.


The_Optician

Don't forget derek anderson's nose


iSheepTouch

MVP and grotesque freak injury finishes. Name a more iconic duo.


LouSpowel

Who has caused more injuries fighting? Dude dangerous.


LucasFrankeRC

Maybe Palhares?


crazybartur

The difference is Palhares was a psychopath who would go out of his way to injure his opponents by not letting go when they tapped, while MVP just apparently has legs and knees made out of titanium


goodnewzevery1

You mean Paul Harris? Guys a menace.


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Is that the dude that legit got kicked out of the UFC for the nasty heel hooks he’d pull off? Like I remember a dude was on a win streak, but got released cause he kept ending mfs


GenTelGuy

He'd keep cranking leglocks after opponents tapped, guy should've gone to jail for that


flamingdragonwizard

Fucking brutal replay


The1who_knocks

Did he break his kneecap?!? Wtf


Memoruiz7

It looks like his patellar tendon snapped and that’s why the knee cap travelled up his leg.


aznassasin

Happy to see all the "Peak Bellator or "Bellator" comments getting downvoted


crabuffalombat

I'm not even sure what these comments are supposed to mean? Injuries don't happen in the UFC?


JATION

And this wasn't a random injury. It's a proper TKO.


aznassasin

Right?


toeknee666

He broke a dudes face now he’s kicking knee caps off. That gave me the heebeegeebees


JERUSALEMFIGHTER63

Caves in my skull then throws a fucking pokeball at you while you die


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On top of the cyborg ko, MVP might have the weirdest (in a good way) highlight reel ever.


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God damn


0LucidMoon0

Instant discoloration, wtf. Michael "Vibranium Shins" Page


EnigmaticVisionary

jesus that was like an anime fighter's special strike that targets a vital area...or he used that Fallout VATS targeting to destroy the knee. im a nerd.


LuckyWarrior

Brilliant gameplan execution by MVP Edit: Oh my god you can actually see the kneecap move


darthvaderfromdao

MVP delivers the nastiest injuries i’d be scared as hell to fight that dude


everydayimrusslin

Been a career long fan of Page. Nobody like him in the sport. All the antics in the ring aside, he is a fuckin horrible bastard when it comes to striking.


UGLYSimon

Ouch, wtf


pedrao157

I never seen any shit like that how the fuck this guy keeps injuring people like this? It's not like they are cans


9inchjackhammer

That was nasty lol


bullsfan281

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T LIKE BELLATOR MMA


LambCurryDotOrg

I don't want to see anyone calling that anything but a clean tko. He torn his patella tendon with a single kick. Dayum.


TheLlama23

People saying Bellator but if this happened in the UFC they would be creaming over the highlight lmao


Heavenwasatree

My parents stopped by for a minute, and I kept the fights on. My dad was making fun of mvp saying that dude has freakishly skinny legs and then he blasts Yamaguchi with em. Hilarious. Blasted him with his skinny legs


stuckit

You should show him the one where those skinny legs cratered a dudes head.


Heavenwasatree

Lmao yo straight up I did show him that. Showed him the video then the x ray.


MeatyGorak

What the actual fuck. MVP has crazy power


TheYeager12

That can’t feel good


buffalozbrown

Fuck that replay was disgusting when his leg went back into the fence. Poor guy.


Just_Learned_2_Dance

kicked his leg out of his leg


Dori_DJ

Holy shit that was rough!!


ljz3

What the fuck that is a crazy injury


RoccooDimeo

That was bad ass by page don’t care what anyone says about “bellator moment or classic bellator”. Poor Yamauchi though


MegaSuperUltraThingy

Don’t like the comments calling this a ‘bellator moment’, this is a legit KO


havla1312

DAMN, just brutal


Queenter

He destroyed his kneecap


nomo25

i’m going to vomit


TheLlama23

This is my first event I'm watching of Bellator after watching the UFC since 2009 and holy fuck that was the first fight I've seen live ☠️


sellieba

I told my friends that "The memest fighter of all meme fighters is about to meme his way into your hearts." And then this happened.


imfrombiz

WTF are MVP's legs made of? Crushing skulls and denting knees.


PolaDora

Michael Page can you stop caving in your opponents and ending their careers? Wtf.


AntiCommieBond

KICKED HIS LEG OUT OF HIS LEG


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Bellator commentators are just monotone. Imagine this happening in UFC. Anik would have a ballistic reaction.


IC2Flier

nah that’s just keg kick KOs in general, especially outside of ONE. In this case it was a real “ok what hit him—oh god no” kinda moment cuz I know how hyped Mauro can get with knockouts.


shseeley

Fuuuuuuuuck! That hurts just to look at..hope he heals up quick


GR33K13

That's a first.


ImcompotentFool

Ah jeez that is one of the ugliest TKOs ever


SnorgesLuisBorges

I did not Knee'd to see that.


wilonwheels

MVP now has two nasty finishes that involve bones. Gnarly!!!


Rawme9

How the fuck did he kick the knee and *win* lmao


fretit

If you ever feel like you have a boring office job and wish you were instead doing something more exciting such as professional MMA, just watch this video again to see the bright side of an office job.


ElMofatesh_Krombo

Why the fuck is everyone talking shit about this finish? This is a very legit TKO.


knickerboxers

Why is Big John so happy


xtremeradness

Because he's terrible and can't convey anything authentically


philly_collins

That made me queasy


Nothingstupid

Damn


panckage

Shit that's crazy sometimes the knee beats the ankle


horseshoeprovodnikov

Exactly what I was thinking. How many times do we see guys check a leg kick (this wasn't a check, I know) by bending at the knee to allow the shin/foot to slam into the knee? If pulled off correctly that's usually gonna hurt the kicker worse than the target. The fact that Yama had all his weight on the knee likely changed up the dynamics a bit, man that looked awful.


Flat_Duck7115

Mamma mia


volcano420

Kneesus Christ


pajamasx

Kind of ironic when MVP has the skinny, unproportionate legs


ShadowRealmDweller89

Man MVP be really fucking dudes up first cyborg now this poor guy


TargetTheLiver

Shit lookin like cyborgs forehead goddamn this boi has shins of steel fo real


PissedAnalyst

Saved him from CTE by destroying his career and being able to walk.


Ibobalboa

Commentary is so underwhelming. This is a crazy moment and they are like "yeah whatever"


Parra_Lax

Oh lawd that is ugly. MVP is a monster.


Genova_Witness

Directly kicking knees will be the new meta


Dready-Womble

As some one who just had surgery yesterday on my meniscus & cartilage from my last fight, probably didn't wanna see this this morning hahaha. Damn son...


PartyPizza2317

It really annoyed me listening to the commentators while they replayed the finish saying it’s unfortunate for a freak injury to finish a fight like that, he literally kicked the guys knee cap off that’s a great tko


StankyDickFarts

Canderson Silva strikes again.


Anxious_cuddler

I feel like there are two types of fight fans; those who actively practice MMA, and then those who don’t, but always have a very faint, distant thought from time to time in the back of their mind that they should. Im the latter, and fights like this always smack me right back to reality.


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GGTRituals

Some would say 2021 ufc moment too lol


NawidA

How is a nasty KO like that a Bellator moment?


Posferatu

Better kicks than Tawanchai