MMA amateur fighter suffers embarrassing injuries to legs while celebrating victory
Amateur MMA fighter Jack Culshaw may have just made himself a household name. Normally, that would be a good thing for an amateur fighter. Unfortunately for Culshaw, he’s going viral for all the wrong reasons.
Culshaw became the latest athlete to injure himself during a celebration. Seconds after beating Zak Edwards by TKO, Culshaw climbed the cage to celebrate. On his way down, Culshaw landed awkwardly and immediately came up limping.
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While he doesn’t know the full extent of his injuries just yet, Culshaw painted a grim picture to MMAFighting.com.
“I went and had an X-ray and there are no bones broken, but do you know the patella, the knee cap? That’s been twisted around and they think my ACL is blown. We’ll have to wait and see, but they have to look at my other leg too, the left leg, they said that knee could go as well. So when they’re done with the rehab on my right leg, they’re going to have to do my left leg as well.”
He also said his right knee “popped straight out” four separate times that night.
Culshaw is far from the only athlete to suffer an embarrassing injury while celebrating. Chicago Bears defensive end Lamarr Houston tore his ACL while celebrating a sack in 2014. Los Angeles Angels slugger Kendrys Morales fractured his leg jumping on home plate after a home run. Perhaps the most well-known celebration injury belongs to Arizona Cardinals kicker Bill Gramatica, who tore his ACL while jumping after hitting a field goal.
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