Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos recently suffered what many people consider to the most gruesome injury in the history of fighting. When Santos faced Michael Cage at Bellator 158 in London on July 17, 2016, the fight ended with a spectacular knockout.Cage decimated Santos with a power flying knee shot that instantly collapsed Santos to the canvas.
It turns out that flying power shot was perhaps the most devastating knee ever landed. Cyborg’s skull was caved in, and the pictures of his face and the X-ray of his skull are nauseating.
The injury was so severe that Bellator felt bad enough that they paid for all the costs of Cyborg’s medical bills. They even felt guilty enough to pay him his win bonus for the fight even though he lost the fight in perhaps the worst way ever seen in MMA.
It was so bad that his ex-wife and fellow MMA fighter, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, set up a GoFundMe page and asked for fight fans to donate to pay his bills. Since Bellator paid the bills, Santos ended up giving the money to charity. Justino also told him he should not fight again, but Santos is not to be deterred so easily.
Not Ready to Give Up
This story is from the November 2016 edition of Scrapp! Fight Magazine.
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