Ariane Carnelossi’s Team Shares Post-Fight Scans Showing Broken Nose, Other Injuries

Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight Ariane Carnelossi is bringing receipts showing the injuries she sustained in her last bout.

At UFC Fight Night 241 on May 18, Brazil’s Carnelossi faced Piera Rodriguez on the preliminary portion of the event. After dropping Carnelossi with a front kick and follow-up punches, Rodriguez measured and delivered two headbutts deemed intentional by referee Mark Smith. Rodriguez was disqualified for her fouls, marking the first DQ due to a headbutt in UFC history.

Rodriguez later cried foul on social media, claiming that Carnelossi was a “coward.” While admitting that she made a mistake, the Venezuelan proffered that Carnelossi should be ashamed of earning a win in such a fashion.

“I rather lose a fight because of a mistake I did, than go home calling myself a ‘winner’ knowing I am a coward…,” Rodriguez wrote. “I made a big mistake, maybe because of adrenaline…but you have to go to sleep with that lie in your head your entire life! [Ariane] and you call yourself brave? I hope you and your team enjoy my money!”

“Sorriso” fired back on her own social media, stating soon after, “What differentiates humans from animals: it’s the ability to live with rules.” Carnelossi’s team shared medical documents with Sherdog on Friday, including the initial report from Las Vegas, as well as her follow-up scans in her native Brazil. The Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas wrote that Carnelossi was diagnosed with a head injury, laceration of upper frenulum, nasal injury, nausea and sinusitis. The results in Brazil were far more descriptive.

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According to the report from the Presidente Prudente Radiology Institute, Carnelossi suffered fractures to her nasal bone, left maxillary sinus, zygomatic arch and orbital cones, along with a deviated septum. For the zygomatic arch, the damage could have been sustained earlier than this match, like from a previous injury or even something suffered during training. As a result, Carnelossi will be forced to undergo surgery to repair the breaks, in what she claims will be her 14th surgery since joining the UFC roster in 2019.