Russian athlete Yana Kunitskaya won her latest fight against US MMA artist Marion Reneau, despite sustaining a serious nose injury, having received a shiner and blood all over her face during the last round of the fight.

Axar.az reports citing Sputnik.

Russian mixed martial arts fighter Yana Kunitskaya published her first video after the recent UFC Fight Night 146 against Marion Reneau, where she broke her nose. In the video, the fighter is lying on a hospital bed with a facemask and casually cracking jokes about her nose with her coach, Ray Sefo.

The fighter's Instagram followers extended their support for Kunitskaya in comments on her video, praising her incredible fighting skills and the perseverance that allowed her to persevere to the end of the last round, despite her injuries.