Toilet accident forces Christos Giagos to withdraw from UFC Paris
UFC lightweight Christos Giagos is officially out of his return at UFC Paris.
‘The Spartan’ has been out of action since his submission loss to Thiago Moises in June. The California-native was set to face Benoît Saint-Denis in France next month. The event is set to be the first UFC card in the country.
However, his encounter with the Frenchman is officially off after a freak accident. On Instagram, the 32-year-old announced his fight with Saint-Denis at UFC Paris is off due to injury. However, his injury wasn’t suffered in training.
Christos Giagos told the story of his injury in an Instagram post. There, he revealed he tore a tendon in his pinky, forcing him to withdraw. The cut was so severe, that Giagos had to go to a hand specialist to fully reattach the finger.
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Christos Giagos continued, “Unfortunately, due to the severity of the injury I had to pull out of my upcoming fight in Paris. I was praying the damage wasn’t bad so I could still take the fight, but that wasn’t the case.”
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