Fighter saved ripped off ear in a jar as ‘no guidelines’ brawl craze sweeps UK

A bare-knuckle fighter saved his ripped ear in a jar following a bloody encounter in a “no rules” brawl.

The dodgy fights are sweeping the UK with a whole bunch getting concerned, together with Alex Etherington, 32, who now retains his ripped-off ear in a jar. The UK-based “combat membership” like expertise has attracted some robust and mad nuts.

Etherington, from County Durham, gained the combat however misplaced his ear and has since spoken of his expertise within the underground combating rings.

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Documentarians from Channel 4 at the moment are wanting into the scene with among the 300-strong fights going down throughout the nation. The documentary, UNTOLD: The Secret World of Fight Clubs, additionally sees Etherington featured.

Etherington’s bout noticed him blast the competitors in a “no rules, no rounds” battle primarily based off of the Swedish King of the Streets combat membership.

Speaking to The Sun, Etherington mentioned: “I felt lucky to get on King Of The Streets. It’s quite sought after. I only got on it because my friend vouched for me. It got half a million views on YouTube and I got around 7,000 followers on Instagram overnight. That was heavy for me.”

Squaring as much as Bachir “Bash” Fakhouri for his combat, Etherington says he had his ear bitten off simply 10 seconds into the combat, and it obtained worse from there.

“He was desperate for a win as he’d come off a few losses. Ten seconds in, he bit my ear off. I didn’t know it had come off at first. Blood was trickling down my face,” Etherington mentioned. It adopted a whiplash harm and a few horror accidents elsewhere.

Etherington added: “He wouldn’t let go of my hair. I ended up getting whiplash from it. He was going for my eyes.” Since the combat, Etherington has saved his ear in a pickled jar on the kitchen shelf.

With no hopes of attaching his ear once more, Etherington mentioned: “It’s in a jar of alcohol solution. Someone told me how to do it. It’s in the kitchen on a shelf.”

The scrappy battle was ultimately stopped by a referee who deemed the “screams” from his opponent have been an indication the combat ought to be ended there after which.

Eye-gouging and scrappy bites are allowed although however are stopped earlier than any critical injury could be prompted, in line with Etherington.

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