A nasty injury triggered a interruption of a light heavyweight bout in Germany.
In the 3rd round of their primary card bout at Oktagon 44, which took location at Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, Mateusz Strzelczyk and Rafael Xavier exchanged difficult leg kicks atthesametime. The minute sounded like 2 baseball bats clashing, and the outcome was extreme damage to Strzelczyk’s right leg.
After the exchange, Strzelczyk (14-14-1) stepped backwards, and his right shin fallenapart below him. Xavier (12-7) instantly acknowledged what tookplace and put both hands on his head in shock and shock as he turned away while the referee hurried in call a stop to the battle.
Although it’s not for the squeamish, you can watch video of the leg break listedbelow (via Twitter):
Rafael Xavier is lastly able to surface Mateusz Strzelczyk in the 3rd round by breaking his leg #Oktagon44 pic.twitter.com/8rn1MBQ