12 Of The Most Brutal Sports Injuries

#1 John Terry: Chelsea- Kicked in the Face

"Diving bravely" as described by the play-by-play guy cost John Terry a hard blow to the head. As he dove an attempt to clear the ball resulted in a direct kick to the face. Although knocked out and undoubtedly concussed Terry was able to make a full recovery.

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#3 Mark Hominick: UFC- Hematoma

This grotesque injury occurred in 2011 when Canadian born Hominick tried to capture Jose Aldo's UFC 129 title. After sustaining this balloon like knot on his head Hominick was allowed to continue fighting only to lose a couple rounds later, but not without putting up a fight in the final round.

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#5 Jessica Dube: Ice Skate to the Face

In February of 2007 Dube took her partners skate to the face on the third rotation of a side-by-side spin. Instantly Dube dropped to the ground and blood pooled on the ice. She was rushed to the hospital where she would receive 83 stitches to repair her cheek and nose.

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#7 Kazuhisa Ishii: LA Dodgers- Line Drive to the Face

Coming over from Japan in 2002, Ishii's Big League dreams were put on hold when he took a line drive to the face off the bat of Houston's Brian Hunter. The ball hit with so much force that Ishii fractured his face as well as a serious concussion.

#8 Rudy Tomjonavich: Houston Rockets- Knockout Punch

Its not often that a fight in basketball results in a direct blow, but unfortunately for Rudy Tomjonavich of the Houston Rockets this was the case. As a light scuffle between the Lakers and Rockets broke out in the 1977 playoffs, Tomjonavich came over to break up the fight to which he was greeted with a Kermit Washington sucker punch. Defenseless the blow resulted in a broken jaw and life threatening head injuries.

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#10 Salim Sdiri: Javelin To the Back

Salim Sdiri was just minding his own business warming up to jump in the 2007 IAFF Golden League in Rome when a Finish javelin thrower slipped on his trial throw and nailed Sdiri in the back. Taken to the hospital immediately, the doctors originally misdiagnosed Sdiri's injuries as minor. Two days later he was re-hospitalized and doctors discovered the javelin had punctured his liver and kidney.

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#12 Preston Burpo: Broken tibia and fibula

In 2010 as a member of the New England Revolution Burpo snapped his tibia and fibula when he collided with New York Red Bull's Dane Richards. This brutal injury ended Burpo's career.

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#14 Rezno Gracie: UFC- Dislocated Elbow/Broken Arm

In Rezno Gracie's 2000 fight against Kazushi Sakuraba he recieved this brutal injury in front of a sold out crowd of 32,219 in Japan. In an SB Nation article Gracie described the injury, "That was the most pain I felt in my life, but I was happy I went through that, even though it hurt a lot."

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#16 Buster Posey: San Francisco Giants- Broken Leg

Florida Marlins Scott Cousins collided with Posey in 2011 on a then legal play that won the Marlins the game. Posey made a full recovery but baseball reacted by changing the century long collision at the plate rule.

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#18 Patrick Edwards: Houston Receiver- Broken Leg

This is one of those unfortunate injuries that easily could have been avoided if whoever was in charge of those carts put them away. Edwards eventually sued Marshall and reached a settlement.

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#20 Kevin Ware: Louisville Cardinals- Broken Leg

Probably the most graphic bone break in recent memory, Ware shattered his leg coming down the court to block a shot in a 2013 Elite-8 game against Duke. Ware transferred after sitting out a season, he lead his Georgia State team to the NCAA tournament and a victory over 3rd seeded Baylor.

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#22 Allen Ray: Villanova Guard- Eye Poked out

Possibly the worst eye injury to occur in the history of basketball, Ray's eye was poked completely out of socket in 2006 while playing for Villanova. Ray lost vision in his eye for over a week, but after medical treatment and recovery time his eye was able to regain vision.

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