Istela Nunes suffers horrific arm injury at UFC Vegas 77 – VIDEO
Istela Nunes suffered an unfortunate and horrific army injury in the opening seconds of her UFC Vegas 77 fight against Viktoriya Dudakova.
As Dudakova went in for a takedown, Nunes went to brace with her arm which ended up bending backwards at the elbow. The fight was immediately called off as Nunes screamed in agony. It appears that the elbow is dislocated. No further updates as of press time.
Dudakova was declared the victor by way of TKO just 34-seconds into the contest.
Istela Nunes snaps her arm pic.twitter.com/H3xdDGJMh6
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) July 16, 2023
Another clip:
Warning: this one’s a tough watch. Istela Nunes’ arm breaks as she goes to plant it off a takedown secured by Viktoriya Dudakova at #UFCVegas77 pic.twitter.com/U9qSBVTo1I
— Shakiel Mahjouri (@Shak_Fu) July 16, 2023
Update – X-ray photo below via Dana White
