Jim Miller wants time to heal after enduring a number of accidents in his UFC 300 struggle with Bobby Green.
After changing into the primary and solely fighter to compete at UFC 100, UFC 200, and UFC 300, the New Jersey native got here up brief in his bid to get wins on all three playing cards, struggling a unanimous determination loss to Inexperienced. Miller began sturdy within the opening spherical, however Inexperienced picked up the tempo and actually began to pour on the punishment because the struggle pressed on.
By the tip of the third spherical, Miller’s face was lined in blood from a pair of cuts — one above and one beneath his proper eye — and he needed to survive a late barrage from Inexperienced to stop a stoppage.
On Monday, Miller revealed the extent of the injury carried out, which included 23 stitches to shut the injuries that Inexperienced inflicted upon him.
“The wrestle is actual,” Miller mentioned on Instagram. “Broke my hand sooner or later within the first, I believe the later half of the spherical. Broke my toe. I assume I would like some milk.”
In his preliminary put up, Miller remained in good spirits regardless of the loss, which dropped his file to 5-2 over his previous seven UFC appearances.
“I prefer to preserve shifting ahead, whatever the earlier consequence,” Miller wrote. “I can solely have an effect on the long run challenges. Time to heal up and transfer on, however for the time being extra importantly it’s backyard season.”
Even in defeat, Miller prolonged his file for probably the most fights in UFC historical past (44), and he’ll try to construct on his 26 wins — one other all-time file within the UFC — when he books his subsequent struggle as soon as he’s healed up.
