When I first saw the 6’4″, 155-lb Corey Hill (then 0-0, now 2-2) on The Ultimate Fighter, I thought, That guy’s built like a twig! He’s going to snap in two!
I had no idea how terrifyingly accurate that thought would be. At last night’s Fight for the Troops, Corey Hill shattered his shin against Dale Hartt’s:
Just two fights into the UFC Fight for the Troops benefit show on Wednesday night in Fayetteville, N.C., and the show quickly took a downhill turn.After Justin McCully opened the show by rebounding from a UFC 86 loss to Gabriel Gonzaga, by decisioning Eddie Sanchez, Dale Hartt nabbed his first win in the Octagon. Winning the way that he did, however, probably couldn’t have been any worse for Hartt, unless he was his opponent, Corey Hill.
MMAWeekly.com had Hill winning the opening round of the fight. But during the second stanza, Hill threw a leg kick that Hartt checked with his shin. As Hartt checked the kick, Hill’s leg broke in a rather grotesque manner, leaving the crowd in a stunned silence as Hill crumbled to the mat.
