{"id":396402,"date":"2021-10-06T09:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=396402"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:47:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:47:23","slug":"devin-clark-explains-mindset-needed-to-fight-through-brutal-teeth-injury-against-ion-cutelaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/devin-clark-explains-mindset-needed-to-fight-through-brutal-teeth-injury-against-ion-cutelaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Clark explains mindset needed to fight through brutal teeth injury against Ion Cutelaba"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC light heavyweight fighter Devin Clark explained the mindset he needed to fight through his brutal teeth injury against Ion Cutelaba.<\/p>\n

Clark fought Cutelaba last month and suffered a horrendous injury when his teeth were smashed from a vicious knee<\/a>. Despite his teeth being broken, Clark decided to continue fighting and toughed it out, going the distance and even winning the last round on two of the judges’ scorecards. While Clark lost the unanimous decision to Cutelaba, he gained the respect of the fans by battling through one of the nastiest teeth injuries we’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Clark’s corner, which had his dad David in it, was criticized following the fight for not stopping the contest, but as far as Clark goes, they made the right call. Speaking to MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Clark credits his father for giving him the motivation to stay in the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it did make it easier,\u201d Clark said of having his father in his corner. \u201cAt first, he didn\u2019t know what had happened because I wasn\u2019t facing him. Right away in the clip you see him like, \u2018Let\u2019s go, let\u2019s go,\u2019 but at that point he didn\u2019t see that my teeth were messed up. Once he did, he didn\u2019t know what to do either. If you\u2019re good, you\u2019re good. From a young age he always told us\u2014me and my brother\u2014during football games or whatever, he would always say, \u2018Are you hurt or are you injured?\u2019 I think it just clicked in my head as one of those deals. Well, I\u2019m hurt, but I can still fight. So I kept going,” continued Clark. “I think it did help to have him there and just his tone and hearing that my whole life, I think it definitely helped.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think is next for Devin Clark after getting his teeth broken by Ion Cutelaba?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC light heavyweight fighter Devin Clark explained the mindset he needed to fight through his brutal teeth injury against Ion Cutelaba. Clark fought Cutelaba last month and suffered a horrendous injury when his teeth were smashed from a vicious knee. 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