LOOK: Liam Harrison shows the “occupational hazard” of a Muay Thai athlete

World-class striking specialist Liam Harrison revealed the damage that comes with being a Muay Thai athlete while chatting with UFC bantamweight Paddy Pimblett.

'Hitman' is well aware of the occupational hazards of being a Muay Thai competitor, taking part in over 100 professional bouts. Unfortunately, Liam Harrison suffered a brutal knee injury in his last outing against Nong-O Hama.

The 37-year-old English star is on the road to recovery, giving him time to sit down with Paddy Pimblett and discuss the damage that is commonplace amongst Muay Thai fighters. Harrison posted:

"Occupational hazard when you fight how I do #muaythai #occupationalhazard #paddypimblett #liamharrison"

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Liam Harrison reveals knee injury is worse than perceived, promises to take the fight to Floyd Mayweather Jr. if bout gets rescheduled

'Hitman' suffered a leg injury in the opening round of his title bout against bantamweight Muay Thai champ Nong-O last August. Harrison has since revealed that the injury was worse than originally thought, telling The MMA Superfan:

“Obviously I've been having some knee problems since the Nong-O fight and, yeah, it just turned out to be a lot worse than originally thought. And I tore a lot of the main ligaments in my knee, and the only way I was gonna repair them was with surgery.”

Harrison was expected to face boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition match, but he pulled out due to his injury. Still, the hard-hitting striker assures that he'd bring the fight to Mayweather, adding:

“Obviously he’s not gonna be challenging like the top-level boxers of the minute because he’s not a pro boxer anymore. He’s retired, he’s fought in exhibitions, but I think that he saw that I got a big following. The manager, when I spoke to Floyd’s manager, he said ‘Look you look aggressive, will you take the fight to Floyd?’ I said ‘yeah of course. I’m not here to f*cking play around. I’ll take it to him.”

For now, 'Hitman' is focused on getting healthy enough so that he can return to action.

Make sure to check back with Sportskeeda MMA for an announcement pertaining to Liam Harrison's next bout, as his goal remains to become a world champion under ONE Championship.

Check out Liam Harrison's full conversation with The MMA Superfan below: