Horrific Injury of the Day: Yep, he's missing an ear

A lot of North American MMA fans remember James Thompson's blood bomb for an ear during his fight with Kimbo Slice. That disgusting hemoglobin explosion doesn't hold a candle to what happened to Shigeyuki Uchiyama's ear at a Pancrase event in Japan over the weekend.

First let's set the stage. Here is Uchiyama's ear whole.

Yes, there's a bit of cauliflower ear but it looks like a normal human ear.

***GRAPHIC IMAGES*** after the jump

Then Shigeyuki was taken down.

After he got up it appears that his ear imploded into a bloody mess but we've all seen worse.

Except for the fact that is missing something.

Yep, that's part of his ear.

And there's the bloody wreckage. At least it wasn't bitten off...

Pics via MMA Fighting