MMA fighter left with five broken ribs, punctured lung and bruised kidney in 38 seconds

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MMA fighter Chance Rencountre suffered multiple gruesome injuries as he was stopped just 38 seconds into his fight with Andrey Koreshkov on Saturday.The welterweight had the worst start imaginable at Bellator 274 when Russian opponent Koreshkov delivered a ruthless spinning kick in the opening minute of the very first round.The 35-year-old attempted to avoid the kick by level-changing, but couldn’t as it perfectly struck his ribs.Rencountre immediately hit the canvas where he knelt down in agony, but showed plenty of sportsmanship in getting back to his feet and congratulating Koreshkov despite carrying a number of serious injuries.The fighter’s manager - Brain Butler - took to Instagram after the event to reveal the sickening extent of the American’s injuries.Butler wrote: "[Rencountre] suffered five broken ribs, a punctured lung from the heel kick landed by [ Koreshkov] last night."Not the outcome we wanted but the kick was well placed and would have stopped anyone.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

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Chance is in good spirits and prepping for surgery."Thank you to the [Bellator] team who has been tremendous with all their assistance.