Tag: Denys Bondar

UFC Fight Night 200 video: Denys Bondar suffers gruesome fight-ending arm injury vs. Malcolm Gordon

Caution: The UFC card Saturday in Las Vegas kicked off grossly.

An arm isn’t supposed to bend the way [autotag]Denys Bondar[/autotag]’s left arm went in the UFC Fight Night 200 curtain jerker.

After 12 months of delays, Bondar (16-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) finally made his first UFC walk. However, things didn’t go as planned when he suffered an arm injury and verbally tapped at the 1:22 mark of Round 1 against [autotag]Malcolm Gordon[/autotag] (13-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

The gruesome sequence took place against the cage. The two fighters clinched with Gordon the aggressor. With one overhook, Gordon tried to drag the fight to the mat. Bondar resisted as the two moved toward the mat. In doing so, he put too much pressure on his planted arm. His elbow torqued in the wrong direction and referee Mark Smith waved off the fight when Bondar yelled out in pain. As Gordon rose to his feet in celebration, Bondar sat up with his elbow nastily protruded.

Check out the gruesome ending to the UFC Fight Night 200 opener below:

UFC Fight Night 200 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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Malcolm Gordon out of UFC Fight Night 198 bout against Denys Bondar

UFC Fight Night 198 has taken another hit.

[autotag]Malcom Gordon[/autotag] won’t be fighting at UFC Fight Night 198.

The Canadian flyweight is out of his previously scheduled bout against [autotag]Denys Bondar[/autotag] for undisclosed reasons. The UFC is currently seeking a replacement to fight Bondar (16-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC).

Two people with knowledge of the withdrawal informed MMA Junkie on Wednesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an announcement.

All three of Bondar’s scheduled matchups in his UFC tenure have been canceled. He withdrew from the first two. The Ukrainian flyweight rides a 10-fight winning streak into the promotion.

For Gordon, the withdrawal marks his first with the UFC. A former TKO champion, Gordon picked up his first promotional win in July when he defeated Francisco Figueiredo via unanimous decision.

UFC Fight Night 198 takes place Saturday, Nov. 20 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 198 lineup includes:

  • Miesha Tate vs. Ketlen Vieira
  • Sean Brady vs. Michael Chiesa
  • Davey Grant vs. Adrian Yanez
  • Joanne Calderwood vs. Taila Santos
  • Qileng Aori vs. Cody Durden
  • Cheyanne Buys vs. Loma Lookboonme
  • Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam
  • Rafa Garcia vs. Natan Levy
  • Denys Bondar vs. TBA
  • Sam Hughes vs. Luana Pinheiro
  • Shaylin Nuerdanbieke vs. Sean Soriano
  • Tucker Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini

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