The 23-year-old Jerome Rivera clashed in a flyweight bout against Brandon Royval at LFA 39 in Vail, Colorado, on Friday. It was a rough night for Rivera, just 40 seconds into their bout, Jerome suffered a nasty elbow injury as he was pushed to the cage and Royval followed after him as he was unaware of the injury and landed a head kick.
Jerome dropped down by a head kick as he was turning away, absorb some more strikes before the referee stopped the action.
Royval improved his pro-record to 7-3, while Rivera’s dropped to 7-2.
Check out the following video which contains images of a graphic injury:
Post-fight, both fighters snapped and seem to have no ill feelings towards each other:
All respect between @BrandonRoyval and @RenegadeRivera after an unfortunate injury ended their fight early tonight at #LFA39.#MMA#LFANation
@AXSTVFights pic.twitter.com/P672iKQlhH— LFA (@LFAfighting) May 5, 2018
