Price (right) and Luque (left) were engaged in a brutal fight at UFC 249 on Saturday evening. Niko Price suffered a brutal eye injury Saturday night during a loss to Vincente Luque at UFC 249. ‘The Hybrid’ was felled in the third round and, with his eye noticeably … NIKO PRICE was rushed to hospital with a gruesome eye injury that required multiple stitches after suffering yet another defeat to rival Vicente Luque. Price later posted a photo of the aftermath, saying ‘put me in coach I’m good’ Niko Price suffered a horror eye injury in his defeat to Vicente Luque at UFC 249 after his opponent landed a vicious left hook. (Pic: Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) Vicente Luque squared off against Niko Price in an all out war for two-and-a-half rounds. Sports; Niko Price rushed to hospital for stitches over horrific eye injury and possible fracture after loss of UFC 249 – The Sun Price arguably won the first round but the American came back strong as both men threw bombs at one another. Francis Ngannou scored a 20-second KO, Justin Gaethje upset Tony Ferguson via TKO and, in what may have been the most gruesome spectacle of all on Saturday, Vicente Luque forced a doctor's stoppage in the third round against Niko Price, whose right eye was so swollen that he couldn't see out of it. The welterweight was left with a suspected fr… Niko Price suffered a horror eye injury in his defeat to Vicente Luque at UFC 249 in Florida. Niko Price (R) suffered a nasty eye injury at UFC 249. Price took a shot to the face during the loss, and his eye completely swelled shut. I’m not talking about a little blood here or there. The Hybrid was felled in the third round with his grizzly war wound noticeably swelling shut.

UFC welterweight, Niko Price suffers a gruesome eye injury in his fight against Vicente Luque in the prelims of UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In … The Ultimate Fighting Championship resumed on Saturday with UFC 249, and it didn't disappoint.