Danny Roberts returned to the Octagon for the first time in two years and captured a split-decision win Saturday night at UFC Vegas 40 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Hot Chocolate” also suffered one of the worst cuts you will probably ever see.
Roberts, who hadn’t fought since Nov. 2019, went toe-to-toe against welterweight veteran Ramazan Emeev on the “Prelims” undercard. Both fighters had their moments in the fight, but it was Roberts who did more damage in the eyes of the judges when the scores were tallied.
Unfortunately for Roberts, he walked away with a gnarly cut on the top of his head compliments of an Emeev elbow in the second round. Roberts was bleeding pretty bad as the action continued, but the way the cut looked after the fight was absolutely insane.
Check it out below if you aren’t squeamish:
Danny Roberts suffered NASTY cut on scalp after an elbow!
— David Abbasi, MD (@DrDavidAbbasi) October 17, 2021
Below hair & skin is his PERIOSTEUM, the connective tissue directly under skull.
Doc used Non-black suture, so its easier to remove in about 10 days!
Heal up my friend @DanHotChocolate #dannyroberts #mma #UFCVegas40 pic.twitter.com/E6UklSOFvu
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