Photo: UFC vet Bobby Green's gruesome surgery photo (warning: graphic)

Bobby Green

Perhaps we’ve reached the point where MMA fighters are sharing a little too much on social media.

UFC vet Bobby Green (23-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who was riding a four-fight UFC winning streak before a decision loss to Edson Barboza in November, was slated to fight fellow lightweight contender Jorge Masvidal (28-8 MMA, 5-1 UFC) on April 4 at UFC Fight Night 63.

However, soon after the fight was announced, Green was forced to withdraw due to an injury. A torn quadricep tendon will keep him sidelined until at least this summer.

On Sunday Green posted a gruesome photo, via Facebook, from the surgery to repair it (warning: it’s graphic):

The injury is another setback for Green. Despite an overall eight-fight winning streak, which included four straight Strikeforce wins before his move to the UFC, the 28-year-old told MMAjunkie he was considering retirement this past year.

After the subsequent Barboza loss, he said it was still a possibility.

“I’m still contemplating whether I’m going to retire or not,” Green said. “I’m just not sure. I feel like I kind of got robbed. I felt like it was a close fight. I’m not saying Barboza didn’t do his thing, but even the things he did, they looked bigger than they were.

“Normally, the way it works is you crack a guy, he stumbles, and you chase his ass and finish him up. Barboza is a great finisher, and all of a sudden he’s not trying to finish me? I felt like I was the aggressor the whole time. I controlled the center of the cage. He had a couple of leg kicks.”

Green, who often employs what seems to be a taunting and showboating style, said MMA fans just don’t appreciate his style and that it might be costing him on the scorecards.

“If I do come back, I think I need to change my approach,” he said. “My fighting style is very misunderstood. People think because I’m doing what I’m doing that I’m cocky and arrogant. People get angry at me – and I wish guys wouldn’t run so much. I don’t want to put on some little sparring match. I want to put on a fight.

“I beat guys where they’re best at. I want people to know I came ready. If it’s a striker, I’ll beat him striking. If it’s a jiu-jitsu guy, I’ll beat him in jiu-jitsu. If it’s a wrestler, I’ll beat him in wrestling. That’s all I was trying to showcase – that I am legitimate.”

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