MMA is full of untimely accidents; Tom DeBlass suffered one during one of his Bellator 131 training sessions. DeBlass was scheduled to face ‘King Mo’ Lawal at Bellator 131 on November 15th. Instead ‘King Mo’ will be looking for a late replacement and DeBlass will be looking at a few dozen stitches.
Here’s a message that DeBlass posted on his Instagram regarding the injury:
@kingmofh sometimes life throws unexpected things our way. Accidental headbutt did just that two weeks before my fight with @kingMofh this cut is deep and bad. This cut is taking me out of the fight with Mo. As soon as it’s touched in the fight it will bust open. I know so many of you wanted to see this so I apologize, and I felt so great ,as we know injuries happen in MMA and we fighters take the worst of it. Regarding Mo, we already spoke and he’s one of the most respectful guys I’ve talked too. We already spoke of training together when I’m healed. As far as MMA is concerned I’ll never say never, but I can say right now I’m focusing on competing Jiu-Jitsu and improving my Academy. I have no plans to fight right now. Thank you to my manager Danny Liguori for everything and Bellator for being so awesome, you may see me back in there one day. But for now let’s win some more Jiu-Jitsu title.