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Ex-UFC star asks fans to pray for him ahead of surgery after brutal bare-knuckle KO
UFC star was left needing surgery after suffering a gruesome facial injury in a bare-knuckle fight which lasted less than a minute.Melvin Guillard spent almost a decade in the UFC and has also competed in the Bellator championship, fighting big names like Donald Cerrone, Nate Diaz and Justin Gaethje.But the middleweight was sent through the ropes by Joe Riggs after just 59 seconds in their Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship bout in Montana, making it four defeats from four since switching to that promotion.It was clear almost immediately after Guillard hit the deck that he was in need of immediate medical attention, and the American took to social media a few hours later to show fans the extent of his injuries.Alongside photos of a badly
