Horrific moment kickboxer ends up with a DIVOT in his forehead as a knee strike fractures his skull – however tries to battle on earlier than the bout is stopped
- Russian fighter Danil Sharov suffered a sickening head harm throughout bout
- Sharov was left with a fractured skull after a knee strike in his debut battle
- Sharov needed to proceed preventing, however his opponent alerted the refereeÂ
Russian fighter Danil Sharov suffered a sickening head harm throughout his debut kickboxing bout final Friday night time – and amazingly tried to maintain on preventing on afterwards.
Sharov suffered a fractured skull as a results of a knee to his forehead in a scrap in opposition to Danil Kirikov on the FKR Pro 1 occasion in Moscow.
The harm passed off in spherical two, when the pair briefly clinched and the taller Kirikov fired a knee into his opponent’s face, leaving a seen divot in his forehead.
Sharov did not appear bothered by the harm, briefly touching it with his glove and resuming his battle stance.
Fortunately, his opponent might see the severity of the state of affairs and alerted the referee to Sharov’s caved-in forehead.
Danil Sharov is examined in his nook after the knee caved in his forehead. The bout was known as off seconds later, regardless of the Russian showing to be eager to proceed
 The referee paused the motion and known as the ringside physician to lend his skilled opinion on the harm, which turned out to be an apparent skull fracture.
Sharov appeared desperate to proceed preventing, however the bout was known as off and Kirikov was awarded the TKO victory.
Fight followers on social media have been fast to reward each the opponent and referee looking for Sharov’s welfare.Â
 ‘Good on the opponent to identify that and never have interaction,’ mentioned one Twitter consumer.
 ‘Ref was proper on prime of that. Absolutely top-shelf official. Well executed!’ added one other.
 ‘Russian. Dude most likely walked it off then went ingesting,’ joked a third.
The skull fracture was similar to the horrifying harm suffered by Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos when he met Michael ‘Venom’ Page at Bellator 158 in 2016.
One fan joked that Sharov (left) ‘most likely walked it off then went ingesting’ after the boutÂ
The Russian’s harm is much like the fractured skull suffered by Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos (pictured) in a blended martial arts battle in 2016
 ‘MVP’ landed a vicious leaping knee strike to Santos’ head that left him with an virtually an identical skull fracture.
 ‘Cyborg’ ultimately retired from fight sports activities after he recovered from the harm, and Sharov could should do the identical.
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