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’Tis the season for ghosts and goblins.

Mixed martial arts fancies itself a noble pursuit and for the most part holds true to such principles. However, there are times when the sport deviates from the script and takes shocking, gruesome and unsettling turns. Limbs have been broken, body parts severed and blood shed in horrifying happenings that cannot be unseen.

As we approach Halloween, the latest installment in the Sherdog Top 10 series examines the most ghoulish moments in MMA history.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS: Maxim Futin’s forehead gash, courtesy of Max Nunes; Vitor Belfort’s axe-attack knee on Marvin Eastman; the Jonathan Goulet-Jay Hieron gorefest; Igor Vovchanchyn sends Enson Inoue to ICU; Mark Hominick’s Frankenstein hematoma, post-Jose Aldo; Joe Stevenson’s bloodletting at UFC 80; Rick Story foams at the mouth in response to Demian Maia neck crank; Josh Barnett and B.J. Penn lick their opponents’ blood from their gloves; Amar Suloev becomes an alleged Russian mob killer and dies in prison of stomach cancer; Gilbert Yvel takes aim at Don Frye’s retinas; Michael Page’s skull-crushing knee on Evangelista Santos

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