PICTURE: UFC Fighter Anthony Birchak Suffers Gruesome Thumb Injury

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE

As part of UFC International Fight week, the promotion have staged back-to-back-to-back fights with the first of three events taking place last night as Eddie Alvarez claimed the UFC lightweight title.

Though, on the undercard Anthony Birchak was up against Dileno Lopes where he endured quite the injury. Check out the gnarly thumb below:

UFC fighters, y'all.

It also appears Birchak suffered a compound fractured thumb. Ouch.

At least his pain didn't go to waste as the American fought a grinding affair eventually scraping out a split-decision victory.

Good luck in the recovery, Anthony.

Topics: UFC

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

@https://twitter.com/NasJabbar