The most gruesome sight at UFC 195 on Saturday wasn't seeing the life get squeezed out of Masanori Kanehara. It wasn't watching Edgar Garcia get beaten for a prolonged period of time while turtled on the canvas. Heck, it wasn't even watching Andrei Arlovski's Cinderella run get ended abruptly by Stipe Miocic.
The ugliest thing fans saw at UFC 195 was Lorenz Larkin's braces appearing to get pulled out while sitting on the stool in-between rounds of his fight with Albert Tumenov. The moment was captured during the event's broadcast and was quickly immortalized on social media.
You can see the video here (Warning: Video contains NSFW language):
@GrabakaHitman @TheAntJimmyShow @ZProphet_MMA wearing braces in a mma fight, isn't tbe greatest idea, imo. https://t.co/yLH2o0SNSd
— Calhoun (@linkcalhoun) January 3, 2016
While Larkin was in his corner, one of his coaches delicately removed his mouthpiece. As he did so, a line of braces could be seen, dangling between the mouthpiece and Larkin's teeth. Larkin let out an expletive or two, and the referee went over to inquire what the issue was with Larkin.
What happened after that, unfortunately, remains a mystery. Did his corner pull them out completely? Were the braces jammed back into the mouthpiece to be held in place for somebody else to deal with later? Nobody outside of Larkin and his team knows for sure.
Regardless, Larkin would recover well, going punch-for-punch with Tumenov, but unfortunately, he came a hair shy of winning as the judges awarded Tumenov a split-decision win. For what it's worth, Larkin posted a video of himself discussing his performance on Instagram (NSFW language) and seems to be all right.
What comes next for him, both in the cage and at the dentist's office, remains a mystery. Hopefully he can bounce back soon.
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