How to cure an in-grown toenail... the hard way. Photo credit: Miguel Torres via TwitPic

“Worst BJJ injury to ever happen in my gym courtesy of my boy Parrish.”

Those were the words from UFC bantamweight Miguel Torres that accompanied the absolutely grotesque photograph you see above which was posted on his TwitPic account Sunday.

Without knowing exactly how this happened, here are a couple links to videos showing “Toe-Hold” submission variations, which is a technique that could possibly cause an injury like this to occur if someone refused or did not have time to tap out.

If you are ever in a position where someone is performing a toe-hold on you and it is very tight and you are considering not tapping, just be aware that incidents such as this can happen.

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