Graphic scenes as British MMA star Jack Shore suffers brutal 'bullet hole' injury in TKO loss to Joanderson Brito at UFC 301

Welsh MMA star Jack Shore fell to just the second defeat of his professional career to Brazilian Joanderson Brito at UFC 301, suffering a brutal injury.

Shore, who is nicknamed 'Tank', faced the Brito in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil on Saturday.

The Brit went into the contest as an underdog and was dismantled within two rounds, with Brito winning by TKO in round two. 

The Brazilian was aiming for the leg as he was finding success with early kicks before leaving a massive gash on Shore's shin.

Despite the Welshman appearing to be moving fine, the referee brought the action to a halt as a doctor entered the cage to check over the fighter in round two.

As cameras showed the extend of the injury, commentator Jon Anik and his commentary partners Paul Felder and Daniel Cormier discussed the damage.

Anik compared the damage done as a 'bullet hole', with his co-commentators agreeing that the bout should be called off for Shore's safety.

And this is what the referee did, with it later confirmed that the doctor in the cage had feared Shore had broken his leg.

MMA star Vince Morales took to X, formerly Twitter, to discuss the decision.

He wrote: 'Cool, so checking those calf kicks don't do it either lol damn son.'

Then, when asked if he though it was a previous scar re-opening or new damage, he replied: 'I was thinking it was all swollen from getting chewed up prior but it's hard to say for sure.'

57-0 kickboxer Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson also took to social media to discuss the decision, deciding to slam the doctor for putting his finger into the hole.

'Dang that doc just kept sticking his finger in it,' he wrote. 

'Yall like that stoppage? Can't imagine he could've taken many more of those...'

MMA fighter Dan Hardy also criticised the doctor as he said: 'That shouldn’t have been stopped, and that doctor didn’t need to be digging his damn fingers in the cut to make it worse.

'It’s a cut. The bone wasn’t broken. Play on.'

'Come on it’s just a shin,' joked fellow UFC star Belal Muhammad.

 Shore will be looking to make a full recovery and bounce back from his second professional loss, but it remains to be seen as to when he will be able to return to action.