Photos: Rory MacDonald and Robbie Lawler's faces, a day after UFC 189 war

Bloody Elbow 2.0 | Anton Tabuena

Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald engaged in a 5 round war on their welterweight title fight at UFC 189. It was a thrilling back and forth contest that ended up as an instant classic, but both men ended up taking a lot of damage and some really nasty injuries.

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Lawler got badly cut on his lip, which was stitched up by the doctors. Before photo as tweeted by Dana White:

This was tough to look at last night but the Dr did an AMAZING job fixing it. Lawler looked great tonight. pic.twitter.com/HFubRvy37s

— Dana White (@danawhite) July 13, 2015

After getting stitched up:

A photo posted by Prescott Miller (@prescottufc) on Jul 12, 2015 at 6:12pm PDT

MacDonald, on the other hand, is in far worse shape. Here’s a photo from the fight that he tweeted out from his account:

thank you @Ruthless_RL @ufc @Firas_Zahabi this was the best time of my life, ill never forget this fight pic.twitter.com/vKgWD6mp6e

— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) July 12, 2015

Apart from the obvious broken nose from the bout, Rory also suffered a broken foot from the contest. He shared the news and showed a photo of how his face looked just hours after the contest.

broken nose broken foot but ill be back pic.twitter.com/KAakEC0qTh

— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) July 12, 2015

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Anton Tabuena

Anton Tabuena is the Managing Editor for Bloody Elbow. He’s been covering MMA and combat sports since 2009, and has also fought in MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing.