A MMA fighter suffered a brutal leg snap just eight seconds into a bout – before his opponent taunted him.
The clip was uploaded by 4-1 bantamweight Kevin Shaughnessy, who also coaches for American Top Team Portland.
In the footage, his team-mate – who is not named – defends a leg kick but it leaves his opponent crippling in pain.
He falls with his weight on his leg and it gruesomely snaps in front of the shocked crowd.
But Shaughnessy’s training partner – who successfully defended the leg attack – celebrated his opponent’s injury.
It left fans raging as one said: “Taunting after that is pretty f***ed.”
Another added: “Poor guy.”
One fumed: “Terrible sportsmanship taunting the guy after it.”
Shaughnessy defended his gym-mate, who was making his MMA debut, and revealed he later apologised.
He said: Yeah I mean he checked the kick and caused the damage, but, it was his mma debut like I said, and for a superfight title.
“Lots of emotions in the build up, hard to keep it all in, and he apologized afterwards.”
Conor McGregor suffered a similar injury in his last fight – against Dustin Poirier in July 2021 – breaking both his tibia and fibula.
He had successful leg surgery and after three years out returns at UFC 303 on June 29 against Michael Chandler, 37.
