Yoel Romero brokeAlex Polizzi 's face earlier this month.Bellator MMA athlete Polizzi posted X-rays to his Instagram account.
MMA fighter Alex Polizzi posted X-rays on his Instagram recently that showed he suffered a broken jaw and foot in his Bellator MMA match earlier this year.
It all went down at the 13-bout Bellator 280 card that took place May 6 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France.
Polizzi was matched against the former UFC fighter Yoel Romero in the penultimate bout of the evening — a light heavyweight fight scheduled for three rounds.
Romero dropped Polizzi several times during the course of the 205-pound match, before landing another huge shot moments before the final bell.
The buzzer-beating knockdown prompted the referee to wave the bout off with just one second remaining.
Romero's power seemed to cause significant damage at the time but it was not until Polizzi posted X-rays to his social media account that it became apparent how bone-breaking his performance really was.
"We should probably just heal and drink milk for a bit," Polizzi said in a caption where a clear crack in his jaw can be seen in the accompanying photo.
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"I want to thank all the Bellator fans, all of the MMA fans, and to say thank you to Paris," said Romero in a post-fight statement sent to Insider.
"I wanted to deliver a message, and I think I did."