Professional cage fighting is a tough way to make a living, and the injuries don’t happen just on fight night, as we learned from some MMA notables.

We asked a handful of UFC and Bellator MMA fighters about the most gruesome injuries they’ve had to overcome. The damage has come to toes, knees, backs, hands and arms.

Check out the above video for the details as the likes of Dominick Cruz, Joe Warren, Rick Hawn, Tom Watson, Douglas Lima, Francisco Rivera and Ian McCall discuss their worst ailments, how they happened, and how they reacted.