Pliev, the previous Olympic freestyle wrestler turned skilled MMA fighter, advised occasion promoter Rob Haydak that his finger was dislocated within the first spherical of the middleweight battle earlier than it fully got here off within the second.
ESPN reported that there was an announcement made on the venue to look the stray digit earlier than Haydak stated it had been lodged in Pliev’s glove.
Goodale was dominated the winner by a second-round technical knockout.
“Within the second spherical, he [Goodale] caught my glove with one hand and held it,” Pliev was quoted as saying by ESPN. “I felt my finger snapped.
“He saved pulling my glove and my finger snapped. We saved combating. When the second spherical was completed, I see my [bone] was out within the open.
“I needed to maintain combating as a result of I felt like I had this man. However the physician noticed that and stopped the battle.”
Goodale stated he didn’t keep in mind what occurred.
“I received hit by one thing massive, I do not keep in mind what occurred. I am simply being trustworthy,” Goodale was quoted as saying by the Guardian. “I will have to look at the tape myself.”
