‘I used to be a cutman for over 1K fights – one harm was so unhealthy I nearly handed out’
The lifetime of a cutman just isn’t for the faint-hearted – as Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran is aware of all too effectively.
The legendary determine is maybe probably the most iconic cutman in fight sports activities historical past having labored over 1,000 fights in his profession throughout boxing and MMA.
The 72-year-old has labored with a few of the best possible fighters, together with Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury. But there may be one specific struggle completely etched within the American’s thoughts as a result of sheer violence that occurred.
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Duran labored for the UFC for over a decade and, in 2005, he labored a struggle which was described on the time by commentator Joe Rogan because the “bloodiest round in mixed martial arts history.” MMA star-turned actor Jay Hieron fought Jonathan Goule in a welterweight bout and was caught with a savage knee to the face by the Canadian.
The knee triggered Hieron to instantly spew blood from his brow, leaving Duran with an enormous job on his fingers going into third and closing spherical of the struggle.
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Duran admitted that the overwhelming odor of blood from Hieron’s head nearly made him move out. He instructed The Sun: “Jay Hieron got that one cut in the vein where you laugh and it popped out and he bled like a pig, to the point where both fighters had blood from the top of their head to the bottom of their feet.
“As I used to be cleansing Jay up, there was a lot blood I actually bought nauseated. The odor of that iron, that needed to be the bloodiest struggle. And Jay Hieron is so happy with it, the mat is up in Randy Couture’s fitness center in Las Vegas. So we’re intertwined in his historical past.”
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Despite his finest efforts to cease the gushing of bleed, the action-packed battle was known as off a minute into spherical three with Goule successful by stoppage as Duran added: “That was the only time I ever really smelt the blood. There was that much blood to the point, I could smell the iron in it.”
After he was let go by the UFC in 2017 after criticising the organisation’s sponsorship take care of Reebook, Duran started working for the WSOF earlier than signing a take care of Bellator in 2016. His legendary standing as a cutman has scored Duran minor roles in Hollywood films, together with three Rocky movies and the Creed spin-offs.
