The Decade’s 7 Most Horrifying Sports Injuries

If you haven’t seen the pictures or heard someone dry heaving after seeing the picture, UFC fighter Corey Hill got his leg broken down to the very last compound the other night, and a photo of the exact moment was captured on film. We’re not going to show you here, but rest assured that below we’ve compiled all the gruesome sports injury photos you care to expose yourself to on a Friday.
Yes people, it’s true: we’re proud to present the Decade’s 7 Most Horrifying Sports Injuries. Sorry, that means no Theisman. If you really need to see an image of that one, call Lawrence Taylor'he sleeps with one under his pillow…
TYRONE PROTHRO

• WR, Alabama
• Injury: Fractures of both the tibia and fibula in his lower left leg during a 2005 game.
• Sound It Probably Made: Two wooden spoons being snapped inside a wool bag filled with gravy.
DESTRY WRIGHT

• RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Injury: Broken right leg and dislocated right ankle during a tackle in a preseason game in 2000.
• Sound It Probably Made: A fruit stand getting smashed during a car chase in an action movie, followed by a tortured chili fart.
SID VICIOUS

• WCW wrestler
• Injury: Compound fracture of the the tibia and fibula of his after jumping off the middle turnbuckle against Scott Steiner in 2001.
• Sound It Probably Made: Punching a side of beef in a meatlocker while wearing castanets, then opening a FedEx mailer.
WILLIS MCGAHEE

• RB, U. Miami
• Injury: ACL tear in his left knee during the 2003 Fiesta Bowl
• Sound It Probably Made: An 800-pound man jumping into bed while wearing children’s pajamas.
DJIBRIL CISSÉ

• Striker, French national futbol team
• Injury: Fractured right tibia and fibula during a friendly match against China.
• Sound It Probably Made: All of Northern Africa simultaneously ripping their Chinese takeout menus in half.
EDUARDO DA SILVA

•Striker, Arsenal FC
• Injury: Compound fracture of his left fibula and a dislocated ankle during a slide tackle against Birmingham
•Sound It Probably Made: Freddie Krueger cracking his knuckles, then putting on too-small gloves.
COREY HILL

• UFC Fighter
•Injury: Instant transformation of his right leg into Flubber from a blocked kick during a Fight Night event for US Troops in North Carolina
• Sound It Probably Made: Dropping a boulder off a cliff into a swimming pool filled with Jell-O, then running down to the pool and blowing the boulder up, then packing all the Jell-O into a Ziploc bag, painting the bag like a human limb, then tossing it into a den of lions who had all been dosed with testosterone and meth.




Berto December 13, 2008 at 1:04 am
This has to be one of the funniest articles i’ve read on Complex. The “Sound it probably made” part is hilarious. And for Corey…thats just unnatural.
Smith January 13, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I love the “Sound it Probably Made” especially the one for Hill! LOL