<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\nDitcheva (16-0, 11-0 PFL) is once again dealing with hand injuries. \u201cBreaking news. I am injured again,\u201d Ditcheva said in the vlog<\/a>. \u201cI The Kielholtz bout was Ditcheva\u2019s first fight in more than a year, Cris Cyborg\u2019s \u201cI am back in splints until my surgeon has decided what the next Ditcheva said she expects to be sidelined for \u201ca little bit.\u201d When <\/p>
\nThe 28-year-old earned a unanimous decision victory over Bellator
\nMMA<\/a> veteran Denise
\nKielholtz<\/a> in the PFL New York<\/a> co-main event, with \u201cDangerous\u201d
\nsweeping the scorecards. The British fighter,
\nwho is ranked No. 10 in Sherdog\u2019s women\u2019s pound-for-pound
\nrankings<\/a>, revealed on her YouTube channel that she had
\nreinjured both hands.<\/p>\n
\nbroke my hands in the [Kielholtz] fight. I could feel it from the
\nsecond I started the second round. I didn’t tell my corner. I
\ndidn’t tell anybody. I didn’t show it this time. And I didn’t
\nactually tell anybody until I got out of the cage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nfollowing her dominant victory against Sumiko
\nInaba<\/a> in July 2025. Against Inaba, the
\nAmerican Top Team<\/a> representative broke her hands for the first
\ntime. She suffered another hand injury early this year, forcing her
\nout of a scheduled meeting with Kielholtz at PFL Dubai in February
\nbefore the fight was eventually rebooked.<\/p>\n
\nfinal MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
\n10 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nsteps are going forward, which will be in the next few days,\u201d she
\nadded. \u201cThe good thing is I have no new breaks. It’s just that if I
\nexplained the hand that wasn’t operated on originally that I broke
\nat the end of last year, I was told that if I didn’t go ahead with
\nthe surgery at that time, there was a possibility that it would
\nbreak again in my fight. Unfortunately, I took the risk in not
\ndoing the surgery because I was hoping that it would hold strong
\nwithout intervening with that kind of thing, and it didn\u2019t. It’s no
\nnew injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nshe returns, she is expected to meet 2025 tournament champion
\nLiz
\nCarmouche<\/a> in a highly anticipated matchup.<\/p>\n