Michael Chiesa Says He Fractured Nose Before UFC Fight Night Raleigh, Posts Video Of Incident

Michael Chiesa and former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael Dos Anjos competed in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Raleigh, with Chiesa picking up a unanimous decision win on that night.

However, a victorious Chiesa didn’t come into the fight completely healthy, as the fighter suffered a fractured nose approximately a month before the event.

Chiesa posted the following on Instagram, which also features the moment the nose fracture happened:

 

 

 

 

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Heres a #tbt to December 11th when I fractured my nose in two places during training camp for RDA. I didn’t want to lose the opportunity’s head of me so I had to take a chance. Deciding not to pull out of the fight made it the most stressful camp of my career. With only a small fraction of the sparring and live grappling I normally do in an 8 week camp, we still got the job done. #campchiesa

A post shared by Michael Chiesa (@mikemav22) on Jan 30, 2020 at 11:08am PST

The win was a valuable one for Chiesa, who went from unranked in the UFC Welterweight Division to a #7 ranking after the victory.