(KRON) — Mixed martial artist and former NFL player Matt Mitrione suffered from a broken orbital floor after a TKO loss to Travis Browne this past weekend.
The 37-year-old did more than lose the fight, though. A viral photo blew up on social media after the fight of his swollen eye. He was poked in the eye a few times during the fight, but the official kept it going.
Mitrione made sure no one missed his injury…he posted a selfie on Twitter on Sunday night that has reached over a thousand retweets and likes.
He was on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad in 2004.
Broken orbital floor. This and the shoulder happened after the 2nd eye poke. I don’t think they would’ve happened pic.twitter.com/wFn1NC3j5Y— Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) January 18, 2016
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With everything that happened tonight, I need to state that the @ufc has taken great care of me tonight. Thank you.— Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) January 18, 2016
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