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PFL star Dakota Ditcheva has broken her hand again and will be out for an undetermined amount of time.<\/p>\n
The 16-0 Ditcheva is coming off a dominant three round decision over Denise Kielholtz at PFL New York. While she didn\u2019t manage to score a highlight reel knockout, she put a beating on Kielholtz and reminded the world after a year long absence why she\u2019s the hottest up-and-comer in women\u2019s MMA.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Ditcheva didn\u2019t exit the cage unscathed. In a new YouTube video she revealed that she injured her hands (again) in the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cBreaking news, I am injured again,\u201d Ditcheva said. \u201cI broke my hands in the fight. I could feel it from the moment I started the second round. I didn\u2019t tell my corner. I didn\u2019t tell anybody. I didn\u2019t show it this time, and I didn\u2019t tell anybody until I got out of the cage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am back in splints until my surgeon has decided what the next steps are going forward, which will be in the next few days,\u201d she added before explaining this was a previous break that has broken once more. Ditcheva has broken both her hands in the past, but only opted to get surgery on one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hand that wasn\u2019t operated on originally that I broke, at the end of last year, I was told that if I didn\u2019t go ahead with the surgery at that time, there was possibility that it would break again in my fight. And unfortunately, I took the risk in not doing the surgery because I was hoping that it would hold strong without intervening with that kind of thing. And it didn\u2019t. So it\u2019s no new injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my breaks that I had in my original hand actually has held up perfectly fine, and I have no pain from it,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere\u2019s just a small, break on the other finger that didn\u2019t hold as well. So I\u2019m taking the positives from it. No new breaks. Only a little bit needs fixing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, obviously, with this one, it was a choice of mine to have the surgery the first time, and I didn\u2019t. So therefore, I\u2019m paying the price for it now, and I will be out for a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
This couldn\u2019t come at a worse time for the PFL, who only have so many marquee fighters on the roster that move the needle. Lightweight champ Usman Nurmagomedov just entered free agency and is expected to jump to the UFC. And now Ditcheva could be out for another year due to these continued hand issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have honestly cried nonstop the last week, I think yesterday and today is the [first] days that I haven\u2019t cried at all,\u201d she admitted. \u201cThis is not gonna take me out. My career is not done, although it felt like that once again. I will be back. I\u2019m hopefully gonna be back quicker than I was last time.\u201d<\/p>\n