MMA Fighter Left With Gaping Chasm of a Head Wound

WARNING: This video is extremely graphic.

Dan Gartland | Apr 30, 2018

MMA Fighter Left With Gaping Chasm of a Head Wound /

An English MMA fighter suffered as gruesome an injury as you’ll ever see in a bout this weekend.

Jack Mason lost his fight to Hakon Foss at Cage Warriors 93 in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Saturday in the first round when a brutal knee from the Swedish fighter opened up a gaping wound above his eye.

Mason immediately began bleeding all over the mat but Foss was able to get in a few more blows before the referee stepped in to stop the fight.

CRAZY finish here at #CW93! 😱

Was that the highlight of @HaakonFoss' career?? 👏 pic.twitter.com/wIOJYssbJO
— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) April 28, 2018

Another fighter shared a video of the aftermath.

(WARNING: The video is extremely graphic.)

Warning this is up there with some of the worst cuts iv seen in mma my friend @JackStoneMason tonight @CageWarriors 🤢🤕 #CW93 #MMA pic.twitter.com/Xk1LW2DxrD
— John Maguire (@MaguireTheOne) April 28, 2018

To Mason’s credit, he appears have a pretty good sense of humor about it.

need to learn some knee defence!
— Jack Mason (@JackStoneMason) April 28, 2018

Published Apr 30, 2018

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).