{"id":201381,"date":"2016-08-19T08:29:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201381"},"modified":"2016-08-19T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T03:08:23","slug":"matt-mitrione-claims-recently-horrific-accident-involving-hammer-nuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/matt-mitrione-claims-recently-horrific-accident-involving-hammer-nuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mitrione claims he recently had a horrific accident involving a hammer and his nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/bellator-snatches-mitrione-from-the-ufc-and-pr-cracks-reebok-joke\/\">now fighting under the Bellator MMA<\/a> promotion is no stranger to freak injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In his last <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/matt-mitrione\/matt-mitrione-officially-appeals-tko-loss-to-travis-browne\/\">controversial fight in the UFC against Travis Browne<\/a> at UFC Fight Night 81, Mitrione suffered a gruesome eye injury that was hard to look at.<\/p>\n<p>Now, &#8220;Meathead&#8221; claims that he has injured himself with a hammer in the most painful way possible.<\/p>\n<p>Mitrione tweeted, &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask how, but I just hit myself in the nuts with a hammer. Holy Jesus that hurts. And yes, I immediately thought about tweeting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don&#39;t ask how, but I just hit myself in the nuts with a hammer. Holy Jesus that hurts. And yes, I immediately thought about tweeting it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmitrione\/status\/765162584584626180\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mitrione followed up with another tweet saying, &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m pretty disappointed in myself after that one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah, I&#39;m pretty disappointed in myself after that one <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m6abJTyV3U\">https:\/\/t.co\/m6abJTyV3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmitrione\/status\/765206848949682176\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That has got to hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione, now fighting under the Bellator MMA promotion is no stranger to freak injuries. 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