Corey Hill — the lanky and likable contestant from season five of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) — sustained a catastrophic leg injury during his fight against Dale Hartt at UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” last night at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Hartt apparently checked a leg kick from Hill early in the second round, which snapped the 6′4″ Miletich-trained fighter’s shin. It is a terribly graphic and unfortunate injury that will more than likely keep him sidelined for a very long time.
We wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Hill stopped Joe Veres via technical knockout in his Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 12 back in January. He dropped his next fight against Justin Buchholz at UFC 86 on July 5.
We’ll provide and update on Hill’s health as soon as possible. For the rest of the “Fight for the Troops” results click here and here.
Photo credit: Fight! magazine.
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ouch to say the least…was this fight shown on Spike?? That is possibly career ending
OOOOUCH!!!! is right.
It reminds me of that infamous clip on youtube and all the fight sites when it happened in a small show. Don’t remember the name of the promotion though…
if u go back and watch the fight~
hill doesnt even know his leg was broken..
when the ref is finally stoping the fight[after rogan told him to]
cory is looking up at the ref asking him why he is stoping the fight.
he looks all confused until he looks at his leg.
Huerta vs. Spencer Fisher!
Dynamite NYE:
Hong Man Choi vs. Cro Cop
Mark Hunt vs. LeBanner!
dong man choi vs cro copper~ lmao!
i really thought mirko would be wanting a better fight.
hunt vs lebanner will be awesome..
huerta should not be fighting spencer fisher.
it seems like the ufc wants to let roger ride the easy
street until they hit mexico.
good looking out john~
VM here’s that infamous clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJFOOncRMs
Since when is Spencer Fish an easy fight. If I remember correctly he is one of the only people to beat Thiago Alves, no easy street. But we may finally get fight of the night, I am still waiting for that fight since Dana announced it against Kalib Florian, sorry Kenny Florian.
there not going anywhere near mexico stink! Dana said Mexico is run by a few cartel families, the risk of going there would be terrible! Everyone would be at risk!
yeah dude its kept a lot of my friends family from going there, but only certain parts of mexico are like that if they did the show in like cabo san lucas or something im sure it wouldnt be dangerous just the fighters would be drunk before there fights
yeah, but the point of going to mexico is to get the mexican fans! going to a resort is like going to vegas, vacationing people, not locals! trust me, they aren’t going to mexico any time soon! Huerta is american anyways…even mexicans think he’’s a douche!
Hong Man Choi vs Cro Cop – is it a K1 rules match or MMA rules? The only difference really being the time limit and size of the gloves – I don’t see a takedown happening in that fight unless Cro Cop is REALLY catching the worst of it standing.
Corey hill breaking his leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTgx7g7cqwc
Shite, nasty breakage!
man! what a night of broken bones and blood!
it’s like the ufc and the fighter knew what our troops wanted!
i can’t wait to see the suspensions on this night!
Orraahhh!!!!!!!!
I saw that too stink, good for rogan, as much as people don’t like him, I for one think he’s great. he says what he wants, whether it be yelling for the ref to sto the fight or saying what a moron a ref is for breaking up someone who has another guys back, good for Joe!
Can anybody say RUBBER GUARD?
Yea no joke, he better contact Eddie Bravo
Cue up Goldy…”So you want to be an ultimate fighter.”
Somewhere Steve Cantwell is jerking off to this picture.
talk about a great snap shot. pun?
FAKE
how is it fake, go watch the fight!
fake!!??? this guy needs to be smacked back to reality
Hahaha, hilarious comment!
new pic of the break…ouch!!
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/new-pic-hills-break-887244/
he can play rubberman on the next fantastic four.
Hikks new nickname should be ‘Plasticman’
UNFORTUNATELY IT ENDED THE GUYS CAREER..I TALKED TO DALE AFTERWARDS AND HE FELT PRETTY BAD ABOUT IT. HE SUFFERED AN INJURY HIMSELF BUT ONLY WITH A SMALL LIMP.HE WENT TO GO SEE HIM IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT BEFORE HIS LAST SURGERY AND HE SAID THE HILL WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW A WIN IS A WIN AND HE DIDNT FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT. THAT IS A TRUE TESTIMENT TO THE POWER OF MUAY THAI, IVE CHECKED THE LEG LIKE THAT MANY TIMES IN A FIGHT AND I KNOW HOW MUCH IT CAN HURT BOTH PARTIES..ITS WHOS MORE CONDITIONED IN THE END.
http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g109/Mike2JZ/?action=view¤t=c-hill-1.gif
no it was not on spike it was pay per veiw and he will be back to fight in one year and a half
It was just a matter of time before this happened in the UFC…hope it heals cleanly for him…
That’s nasty!
yeah~ and u could hear it snap.
yikes.
I’ve seen plenty of shin break vids but Joe freaking out made it standout more.
I stopped watching after the Koschek fight. Did they televise this fight afterwards?
the fight is on ufc.com or on youtube. It’s shocking if you don’t expect it.
for the love of god can you put a disclaimer that “this photo is f’ng nasty, view with caution”!!!!
Agree. Made me ill looking at it.
Wow, that photo is so bad it makes we wish it was photoshopped.
WTF, I could have lived the rest of my life without seeing that. Although the Mir arm bar on Silvia was sweet.
Last night’s arm bar was even sweeter….
That pic was disturbing, so much for breakfast. Hope Corey heals up. Best of luck tohim.
Yup my Frosted Flakes Went straight to the trash can after seeing that
Holy s t, at first I thought it was joke! That is bad….Cory neeeds to gain some muscle mass.
na he just really needs to drink a lot of milk!
I always thought Corey should be at least a middle weight
OH OH OH OUWIE OUWIE OUCH!!!!!! I feel sorry for him! Not just because he broke his leg, but, dim is some ugly ass feets!
And I thought Al Hassan’s arm was nasty looking ,last night was just brutal
i want to see a picture of that too..
i love all these great snap-shots taken by the photographers!
need to put some milk in that unhealthy looking bodie
And I thought being 6′4 at 155 lbs would be an advantage…
You aren’t kidding. The physics of being that tall and thin (I was once that size) make it difficult not to get hurt.
Wow…good thing that fight wasn’t on Spike. There would be many people never tuning in to watch MMA again if it was. That, along with the horrible looking arm bar, would be enough to turn viewers off…that’s for sure.
WHERE CAN I SEE THIS FIGHT!! anyone?
they have it up on http://www.ufc.com
front page~
they have it up on ufc.com~
front page~
Just saw it – got sick now going to watch it again!
Youtube
Reminds me of when Sid Vicious broke his leg like 20 years ago.
Im sure he will be fine, Im also sure he needs to condition his shins more. Good lord.
i think he needs to put some beef on and fightat a higher weight class~
this is what happens when u are 6′4 and think u can drop down to lw.
the string~bean had it coming~
I found this on youtube. Looks like it’s from Rogan’s website.
Consider yourself warned…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OmRpZa01iU
What a vicious night!!! A broken arm, a broken leg and a massively swollen forehead. Interesting that these would occur at a fundraiser for amputees and traumatic brain injuries…
+50
Now we need a fund raiser for these guys…geeesh when does it stop?
…That sucks for Corey,serious recovery involved. That armbar break was nasty as hell last night too.. The kid who looked like a young Tommy Hearns..snap.
jesus that is nasty! So many gross injuries in the UFC lately. This is the kind of image White is trying to break too.
I got $100.00 that says this fight won’t be on the UFC website lol.
its up right now for free
LOLOLOLOL
I’ll bet $100 that are you are awful at making fake internet bets up!!!
no surprise here. everytime someone in the NFL gets their leg broke or knee twisted, ESPN replays it like a 100 times. people love that shock value.
yeah have you ever noticed how many “highlights” are of nasty injuries or fights involving non-combat sports? There would be an amazing against the wall catch but the sports media will replay the bench clearing brawl. At least with mma we’re aware of what we want to see. But not that break, no no not that.
Well that one backfired on you, now give Bill his 100 bucks…
Wow, I’m surprised by that. Wouldn’t think they would want the bad publicity. Looks like I’m eating crow on this one lol.
On a side note, I gotta say that the chick from That 70’s Show is starting to look like a dirty old hag now. She looks like she’s from the wrong side of the tracks all of a sudden. Kinda like she’s a 80’s throwback.
oh and yes, snaggle tooth was never very attractive, but is aging terribly!
lol, anything you say comes true introvert!!!
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you took it up above, just busting your balls. of course they want it up, it’s a broken bone, not a death, any publicity is good…case in point…kimbo!
When did Gumby start with the UFC?
OUCH! Talk about one good leg to stand on.
I just watched it on the UFC website. Insane. Hats off to Dale Hartt and Joe Rogan for their show of class in the post fight interview. Corey Hill is a good guy, and I’m sure he’ll be back after a lengthy recovery. The fight was actually pretty entertaining otherwise. Corey Hill has really evolved since TUF 5, which is why it it sucks that he’s in this position now.
if he’s ever going to fight again, he’s going to need to go up in weight. At least to the middleweight division. He just can’t be that thin and expect to be able to kick again. He’s going to need to put on mass.
Got to build those calcium deposits before you can use those Thai kicks no pussy fome shin guards for me I wish Hill a good recovery
the diameter of is shin is ridicously little.. he has got to move to welterweight or something..
I’d say at least middleweight. Those 30 lbs would do him some good/
I hope and prey his has a full recovery. this is truly unfortunate he is a good guy and a good fighter. i hope we see him again.
He’s not a very good fighter and how do you know if he’s a good guy? At any rate, this was nasty as hell to see. Looks unreal.
Ugh, I thought that pic was photoshopped, because it looks so crazy
maan, i guess that can happen, if you’re all bones.. 6′4 cannot be healthy if you’re that skinny! especially if you’re fighting and throwing kicks
I’m pretty much the same 6′4″ weigh about 160. I’m very lucky in that my legs are naturally more muscular than my torso. It is very hard to gain size on your legs when your this tall/skinny. i wouldn’t be surprised if Corey couldn’t gain enough mass to fight at MW.
I understand, and that is exactly why doing mma is hard on guys like Corey.. I mean there are other things to do, i would be very surprised if he comes back to fight in the UFC.. even if he’s healthy it will be hard to overcome mentally
Hang in there kid.
Can you say 2 girls, 1 cup? That was completely gross.
WOOFF!!
The fight is on http://www.UFC.com – barf
More like Lester the BITCH.
How do you even get the nerve to question his character?
CHill would totally rock the rubberguard now ….good Lord that was crazy…Dennis Alexio crazy !!
Most brutal night of fights ever!!!!!!!!
For someone’s bone to break from kicking someone, their bones have to be very weak. I would get him tested for bone cancer immediately. Yeah, he’s very thin, but bones and being thin have nothing to do with one another. His bones are obviously brittle and a common cause of that is cancer. Wait and see.
That’s what happened to Waymon Tisdale!
Andrea, something’s up with Corey? It’s hard for me to think he could still be fighting at 155 lbs at 30 yrs of age & 6ft 4in, something has to be going on with his body.
OMG I thought for sure that was a photshoped pic till I actually saw the video on youtube. That has to be the grossest injury I have ever seen. And wtf is up with the UFC showing this on the top of their website? I seriously lost a lot of respect for them glorifying an injury like that.
right up there with this
http://www.manlyweb.com/sports/injuries/mcgahee.jpg
and also tim krumrie’s leg in the SB against the niners
nasty
Yup that is a career ending injury unless ur Frank Mir. I wonder if Corey has brittle bones or just a complete freak occurance.. that was horrible! Best wishes to Corey Hill on his recovery.
OMG that wasnt photoshoped! i just watched the fight, disgusting and sad. and yes rogan and hart showed class after the accident.
wow, a whole new level of crap a fighter has to be worried about when stepping into the octogon. anyone know how this happened. is it just a comboniation of bad timing, impact angle, long/thin limbs, and a leg that hasnt kicked that much?
Yeah It really hurts me seeing Hill on the ground just laying there and the doctors were taking mighty long to get to him….SMH….I hope him well and fast recovery!
I was there at the fight and Corey is a great fighter. I just read on the UFC site that he will be out 12 to 18 months. I hope that all goes well for him and that he heals with no problems.
Yeah. Not to be negative but I think that is the last time Hill will fight.
Even IF his leg heals properly (Big if) he is just to slightly boned to compete.
No matter how well it heals his leg is still going to be a little gimpy, which will hinder his cardio and mobility, along with his durability and everything else.
I’ve seen breaks like this in Muay Thai and the fighters’ careers were over.
Get well soon Corey.
Apparently Al Hassan’s arm didnt break, It was a disslocated elbow and was popped back into place last night. It’s better then a break anyway
Good luck on the recovery Corey (buddy row) Hill.
lol yep the snap was so loud that you could hear it over all the people in the building the chick next to me all but threw up lol. and another narly fight was between Ben Saunders and Brandon Wolff see what ya’ll can find on Wollf face, and to think there werent very many punches thrown at all
How does that happen?Seriously.
Is his bone density that low? Has he never had potassium before?
EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW that is disgusting.
OMG! i have seen the show Scarred and nothing on that show is as gruesome than this. i have broken bones before and one of which my arm was crooked and its not a very pleasant feeling physical and emotional. im only 17 and it been about 7 years since that incident happened and i still suffer from breif pulses of pain in my arms from it i have extreme sympathy for this good luck and get well soon Corey.
this is terrible i have broken bones before
looking at the pic gives goose bumps,i just don t get how can u not feel something like this,i understand the adrenaline part but damn not even a tiny tiny sting , i m sure he would ve continued if the referee didn t stop the fight .and for whoever didn t c the fight go to kfight.net
man I can’t find this fight anywhere lol…I scoured the ufc.com site and couldn’t find it. Any other links?
Man i watched this fight, it was going good until the breakage, awful shame, probably end his career and prevent him from having a day job for some time althou i really hope he recovers good enough to continue his career.
big credit to the excellent jo rogan for noticing it imediately and standing and shout at the top of his voice “stop the fight” it might have carried on if he did not.
on the replay in slow motion his leg wrapped around the other like rope, freaking horrible, it has mentally scarred me really especially because of the slow motion replay, worst injury i have seen yet in ufc and i’ve seen em all, i have seen this happen once before thou in a thai boxing match, it seems a pretty rare injury resulting from a perfect leg kick check, well a combination of that and an imperfect kick, i guess that can happen pretty easily if you get careless.
jason moore it is on usenet file name “UFC.Fight.For.The.Troops.Un-Aired.Prelims.XviD.IceMan” trust me thou it is horrible and will probably stay in your memory like it will mine.
Man!! That’s could be the most painfull moment, Let’s all wish him a speedy, full and quickest recovery. Something has to be done with rules on kicking……!
This is the only picture I’ve seen of the event – and didn’t see it live. Is this an actual picture? It looks photoshopped, so I assumed it had been to show with the story rather than showing a pic of the actual break. If it is a real pick, the break is so freakish, it’s almost cartoonish. Damn. To a speedy return for Cory.