Vanessa Porto was cruising in the fourth round against Pearl Gonzalez and likely well on her way to a flyweight title victory at Invicta FC 34. An unfortunate ending, however, is what sealed it.
An accidental eye poke caused Porto to immediately wince, and blood began to stream from around her left eye. It wasn’t pretty, and after an extended evaluation by the cageside doctor led to the fight being stopped. The poke was ruled accidental, so the outcome went to the judges, who awarded Porto a decision win with scores of 40-36, 39-37 and 39-37.
It’s not exactlyhow you’d want any title fight to end, but it happens. And here’s one thing we know for sure: That eye poke was bad.
We know this because Porto took to Instagram in the middle of the night to give is a close look at her eye.
“Now that’s an eye poke!”
That looks like a piece of Porto’s eyelid is missing. And is that puss coming out of it? Yikes!
She’s the champ, though. She earned it.
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