In his third attempt, Daniel Straus finally took the victory over Patricio “Pitbull” Freire at Friday night’s Bellator 145. Not only did he finally get that all-elusive victory over Pitbull, he also recaptured the Bellator featherweight championship, but it wasn’t without a price.

Straus broke his hand — severely — in the opening round of their five-round throwdown … check it out!

I’m being told this is one of the worst breaks some doctors have ever seen. Now…. Imagine if I didn’t break it in the first round #2Time

A photo posted by Daniel Straus (@danielstraus) on Nov 9, 2015 at 11:26am PST

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