“Pele” Breaks Leg at TKO 32: Ultimatum

Last night, PRIDE veteran Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons snapped his right leg while delivering a kick to his opponent, Brian Gassaway, at TKO 32: Ultimatum. According to Gassaway, moments after the kick connected he heard a loud pop followed by Pele crumbling to the canvas shortly after.

“The kick connected with my knee and I heard a loud pop,” Gassaway, 36, said after the fight. “I didn’t realize that his leg was actually broke. It’s really unfortunate that it ended like, because honestly that might be a career-ending move.”

“His kicks are strong, like even when I blocked them they hurt,” said Gassaway “I felt I was winning just because the impact blows were from me,” Gassaway said. “He got a couple of kicks in, but besides that I think I was snapping his head back. My heart goes out to Pele. You don’t wish that on anybody.”

While being carried out of the arena, Pele gave the crowd a thumbs up and received a steady ovation from the Montreal crowd. Gassaway was awarded with the TKO at 50 seconds of the second round.

There is a GIF of the injury after the jump. I’ll warn you now, it’s not pretty. Click more to view the GIF.

*GIF from Spycho™ at Le Monde a ti-yan.com