Merab Dvalishvili’s leg was in bad shape at UFC 311, not that anyone seemed to notice.

Somehow, Dvalishvili not only successfully defended his bantamweight title with a spectacular five-round performance against Umar Nurmagomedov in Saturday’s co-main event, he also managed to hide a wounds that might have prevented him from competing at all.

At the evening’s post-fight press conference, Dvalishvili showed the media evidence of two cuts on his right leg and he followed that up with a social media post on Monday showing how they looked prior to fight week.

Click past first slide to see pictures and video of Dvalishvili’s bloody wounds.