Khetag Pliev, MMA Fighter and Former Olympic Wrestler, Loses Finger During Fight (UPDATE: They Saved It!)
Khetag Pliev lost a finger during a Cage Fury Fighting Championships fight on Thursday night. Pliev, a 37-year-old mixed martial artist who lives in Canada and represented Russia in the 2012 Olympics as a wrestler, had his ring finger ripped off during CFFC94, which was broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass.
The fight was stopped at the end of the second round when the referee finally saw Pliev's hand. Pliev's opponent, Devin Goodale,was named the winner of the fight as CM Punk and MMA Junkie's John Morgan, who were calling the event, were left trying to figure out exactly what they had just witnessed.
Toronto's Khetag Pliev went to the corner between rounds and noticed that his finger was missing.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) April 2, 2021
Colour commentator @CMPunk: "It wasn't a compound fracture, a break, it wasn't a dislocation, a break, a laceration. His finger was just gone. It's gone."
Here is video of the broadcasters trying to make sense of what happened.
We had a missing finger situation over at #CFFC94 pic.twitter.com/QxmH04tLXr
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) April 2, 2021
After the fight ended people were looking for the finger, which may have been broken in the first round and then, well, yeah. Anyway, they apparently found the finger inside his glove. There is an image of Pliev's hand, which isn't that bad. Then there is video and and another picture which you probably don't want or need to see.
CFFC president is as confused as all of us. The finger was inside of the glove apparently, but they believe it disconnected here, and they found it inside the glove. pic.twitter.com/rgGffsUdBV
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 2, 2021
We will monitor the situation.
UPDATE: The finger has been reattached. If you open up this tweet there is a picture at the bottom of the thread.
Good news. I just spoke briefly to CFFC fighter Khetag Pliev. He’s in the ER now and his finger has been re-attached. More coming soon to @espnmma.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) April 2, 2021