{"id":244723,"date":"2017-07-19T09:46:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T16:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244723"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:27:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:27:58","slug":"photo-gruesome-cut-from-bellator-181-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brandon-girtz\/photo-gruesome-cut-from-bellator-181-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Brandon Girtz reflects on gruesome cut from Bellator 181 that went viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend at Bellator 181, Brandon Girtz stepped into the cage for a highly anticipated rubber match with Derek Campos. That trilogy saw the two men tied at 1 win apiece, as Campos won the pair&#8217;s first fight by unanimous decision in 2013, before Girtz then evened the score in 2015 as he knocked Campos out in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>This past weekend in the pair&#8217;s trilogy fight, Campos picked up a 2nd round TKO win after the doctor stopped the fight due to a horrendous cut on Girtz forehead, a cut that many quickly realized looked like the Michael Jordan &#8216;Jumpman&#8217; logo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOPE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jxR60eiI5h\">pic.twitter.com\/jxR60eiI5h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/886059515023691776\">July 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Girtz spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/07\/brandon-girtz-still-wishes-his-air-jordan-cut-hadnt-led-to-baffling-stoppage-at-bellator-181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to reflect on the bout, as well as the strange circumstances that led to the fight being stopped between the second and third rounds:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Checks out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator181?src=hash\">#Bellator181<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IGmxFnykTN\">pic.twitter.com\/IGmxFnykTN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/886063218199801856\">July 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI thought we were going into a third round,\u201d Girtz told MMAjunkie Radio a few days after Friday\u2019s event at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. \u201cAll they kept telling me is, \u2018We\u2019re not going to stop it if it doesn\u2019t get worse.\u2019 All I could hear is, \u2018It hasn\u2019t gotten worse.\u2019 I\u2019m hearing all the right things. And then third round\u2019s about to start and they\u2019re like, \u2018Nope, there\u2019s no third round.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just baffling. I was feeling good and they were telling me there was no change in the cut from the minute it happened to then. I didn\u2019t feel like I was really taking damage into the cut. So it hurt, man. I was ready for a third round. I thought I was doing what I had to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(The) doctor never said, \u2018I\u2019m stopping it\u2019 or anything like that. I think he got out of the ring and then said \u2018It\u2019s done,\u2019 because he didn\u2019t want me to plead with him or something. I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s why it was pretty painful. In my heart, I was already going into a third round. And to have it just scrapped like that, it felt really awkward.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With this loss, Girtz has now lost three straight.<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/19\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend at Bellator 181, Brandon Girtz stepped into the cage for a highly anticipated rubber match with Derek Campos. 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