LAS VEGAS – Jimmy Crute ’s in-fight injury at UFC 261 was one of the weirdest of 2021. You remember it. Crute absorbed a hard leg kick in the first round against Anthony Smith, which immediately dropped him and forced a takedown, keeping the fight on the canvas. Crute made it to the bell, but it was apparent just how severe the damage was by the way his ankle grotesquely kept rolling while he tried to walk. For that reason, Crute (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) suffered his second defeat by doctor stoppage TKO , which snapped a two-fight winning streak.
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