Matt Mitrione is scheduled to undergo surgery on his broken right orbital bone early next week.

Mitrione, who lost in controversial fashion to Travis Browne via TKO on Sunday following two eye pokes, told MMAFighting.com that he is unsure how long he'll be sidelined for following surgery, however according to Mitrione, the good news is the injury is "non-weight bearing and has significant blood flow."

Following the loss, the MMA community was split regarding how the apparent accidental fouls should have been handled by referee Gary Forman. Should a point have been taken away? Should it have been ruled a no contest following the second eye poke? Mitrione expressed equal frustration on Tuesday's episode of The MMA Hour about how the situation was handled.



"It shouldn’t be up to me, the guy who lives his life to compete to make a decision," he said. "It should be up to the commission, the doctors and the referee to realize the dude is fighting with one eye closed, and he’s complaining about seeing double.



"In that situation, you have to protect me from myself. You have to. That’s your job. That’s what the commission and the doctors are there for, and the referee. That’s what he’s there for. Otherwise it’s a fair fight and they don’t need anybody else. But when something comes into the mix, that is a curve ball, a variable that wasn’t expected, and there’s an injury to a fighter…well of course, dude, that’s my money. Of course I’m going to go out and do everything I can to get my money."

The Browne fight was the last on Mitrione's current UFC contract.

Below is a look at the evolution of Mitrione's injured, starting with the fight itself.

Broken orbital floor. This and the shoulder happened after the 2nd eye poke. I don't think they would've happened pic.twitter.com/wFn1NC3j5Y — Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) January 18, 2016

Getting my eyelid drained this morning. Was not awesome. pic.twitter.com/LYgrEKlmHc — Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) January 19, 2016