Peter Sobotta Reveals the Extent of His Hand Injury, Talks Initial Reaction

Peter Sobotta spoke with MMAjunkie about his broken hand that was suffered during his win over Ben Saunders at UFC Fight Night 109. The highlights are below:

On the status of his hand: “My hand is really bad – like really, really bad. For me, it’s a little hard to explain in English (with) all the medical words, but it’s broken, and it’s broken four times. So, it’s many bones. There’s also splitting like inside the hand. So, it’s a pretty bad thing, and I will have the surgery (today).”

On the surgery process: “I will have a really good doctor taking care of it, but they will take part of my bones from my hip to replace it in the hand. So, it’s a really, really serious injury, and it’ll unfortunately take me out for a few months.”

On his initial reaction to the injury: “When all the adrenaline went down, I felt really, really bad pain. And it’s still pretty bad. The first few hours after the fight, they were horrible. Now, it’s OK. I can sleep. I can live with that. But I’m really looking forward for the surgery (today) because right now, my arm looks really, really bad.”