“What a fight!” … UFC Vegas 106 stars overcome the mid-fight foot injury to win the wild three-round slug festival

In a crucial showdown for Costa and Erosa, the spring weights did not disappoint when they went to Octagon. But for Costa, thanks to an obvious foot injury, which he had suffered just a few minutes after the fight, he had to overcome early adversity.

When Costa found his reason, he and Erosa stood in his pocket and threw heavy shots into one of the craziest fights of the year.

Melquizael Costa fights through foot injury, Julian Erosa at UFC Vegas 106

After a back and forth round between Costa and Erosa, the UFC Vegas 106 launched the left foot of Costa, which seemed to show several cuts on the toes. It was an evil injury, but Costa waved the cameraman and decided to continue fighting at his wild pace.

Watch Costa Wave from the show between the following rounds.

Cameraman gets a shot from Costa's footpic.twitter.com/rblrawofeo

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Despite an endangered foot, Costa put his right foot on the accelerator pedal and under pressure Erosa put pressure on his blow. Costa amazed Erosa several times in round 2, including an evil head kick that almost ended the fight and sent Erosa to sleep.

In the third and last round, Costa and Erosa exchanged heavy shots with their blow and went full distant. After three rounds with fully packed action, Costa received the judges' scorecards through a unanimous decision.

Costa has now won four fights in a row, including a submission in the first round, which the UFC Seattle quantity was stunned against Andre Fili in February. Costa entered UFC Vegas 106 and observed Christian Rodriguez in another closely contested matchup just a few weeks after his UFC Seattle victory.

Paddy Pimblett's former rival earned a thundering Knockout on the UFC Vegas 106 Prelims

The UFC Vegas 106 Prelims did not disappoint when Jared Gordon came back into the winning pillar with a ridiculous one-punch-clan against Thiago Moises. Gordon was won in three of his previous four fights, which occurred in UFC Vegas 106.

According to his impressive representation at UFC Vegas 106, Gordon could possibly receive a future remaining at Paddy Pimblett. Gordon lost a controversial decision on the UFC 282 against Pimblett, which many believe that they should have been Pimblet's first UFC defeat.

Since then, Pimblett has defeated Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson and Bobby Green to raise the light ladder. Pimblett enjoys a break after UFC 314 because he only achieved a dramatic weight gain a few weeks after Chandler ended.

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