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Watch: Devastating Knee KO Leaves MMA Fighter with Gruesome Head Gash

Drew Beaupre

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A lightweight MMA bout came to a violent and gruesome end at Anthony Pettis FC 12: Virginia Fight Night 2.

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Knee KO Opens Nasty Gash at APFC

Founded and operated by former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis, APFC held its second event of the month over the weekend at the Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, VA.

The card was headlined by a welterweight title bout between Junior Melo and Peter Petties, but it was a lightweight matchup featuring Elvin Romero and Todd Welle that ended up stealing the show thanks to a violent finish in the first round.

Romero forced his opponent to the cage with punches before he timed a perfect knee that immediately crumpled Welle, and it also left the 40-year-old with a nasty gash that required immediate medical attention.

Welle was luckily able to move on his own shortly after hitting the canvas, but it initially looked to be a scary scene given the way he went down after absorbing the knee from Romero.

The highlight-reel finish certainly wasn’t the result Welle was hoping for from his pro debut, but Romero did improve to 2-0 after he also stopped Gustavo Duarte with strikes in the first round of their fight at Rocket Combat Sports 16 in March.

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Drew Beaupre

DREW BEAUPRE

Drew is an MMA writer that regularly watches regional events in addition to major promotions such as the UFC, PFL, Bellator, and ONE Championship. He joined MMA Knockout when it was founded in 2023.

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