Pic: Brennan Ward’s cut suffered at Bellator 170 is NSFW!

Granted, it’s early in 2017, but Paul Daley delivered a "Knockout of the Year" contender last night (Sat., Jan. 21, 2017) at Bellator 170 in Los Angeles, California, wiping out Brennan Ward with a spinning back fist, flying knee combination that had fight fans reeling.

Full video replay here.

And the aftermath was not pretty, as Ward took to Instagram to post a picture of the gruesome cut he suffered thanks to Paul’s well-placed knee. Warning, it’s extremely graphic.

Wow.

After the win, "Semtex" admitted he had "mixed emotions," as he was happy to get the victory, but bummed that it had to come against a man he had developed a friendship with. To make it worse, he had to see Brennan get carried out on a stretcher.

Nevertheless, Daley now has his sights set on bigger and better things, as he immediately called out former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight standout, Rory MacDonald, for his first fight under the Bellator MMA umbrella.

As for Ward, he will be on the mend for a while. How does his cut stack up against the gnarly ones suffered un MMA in the past?