A UFC fighter shared a frightful, grisly, no good, very bad photo of him receiving treatment after an injury

• Brian Kelleher shared a grisly photograph of him getting stitched up after a UFC loss.
• During Kelleher's bout Saturday, his face was sliced open by a Ricky Simon elbow strike.
• WARNING: Do not read this story if you don't want to see the photo.

UFC fighter Brian Kelleher shared a frightful, grisly photo of him receiving treatment after an injury he suffered on Saturday during his featherweight loss to Ricky Simon at the UFC 258 event in Las Vegas.

Kelleher had to fight pretty much the entire bout with a nasty cut by his right eye that the UFC commentator Joe Rogan said had been sliced open by an elbow strike from Simon.

Simon landed 72 of his 136 strikes for a 53% accuracy rate, completed six of his nine takedown attempts, and was in control for the vast majority of the three-round contest.

Simon also restricted Kelleher's ability to land, as the American nicknamed Boom landed just 25 of his 83 strike attempts (30%).

Each of the three judges at the behind-closed-doors Apex facility scored every round in Simon's favor because of his seemingly nonstop pressure fighting and wrestling.

Just three days later, Kelleher posted a photo on Twitter that showed him getting stitches in his face, which he captioned with the words: "Scar too deep for a bandaid solution."

The photo is not for the faint of heart, as it looks comparable to a puncture wound from a sharp object, with flesh erupting from the sides of the gory hole.

WARNING: Stop scrolling if you don't want to see the photo.

You can see it here:

—Brian BOOM Kelleher (@brianboom135) February 16, 2021

Mixed Martial Arts, the official record-keeper for MMA, sent Insider a document this week that detailed medical suspensions for athletes competing at UFC 258.

Kelleher was given a medical suspension from fighting until March 31, according to the document, and is not permitted to engage in contact sparring until March 16.

Medical suspensions for fighters who have recently competed are common in the industry regardless of whether they won or lost and are designed to allow fighters to recover properly from their matches.