August 30, 2022 10: 46 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – A UFC Fight Night primary occasion is taken a struck.
Middleweight competitor Sean Strickland is out of his Oct. 15 headliner vs. Jared Cannonier, UFC president Dana White revealed Tuesday after Dana White’s Contender Series 52 at the UFC Apex. White showed the bout hasactually been ditched totally with no replacement inbound.
In the days previous, Strickland (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) shared on social media an continuous legend with a severely contaminated finger. According to Strickland, he suffered a cut in training when he sliced it on a sparring partner’s tooth. The injury was contaminated and Strickland shared Tuesday he’ll have to gothrough surgicaltreatment.
“Yeah, it does (effect the upcoming battle). He’s out,” White informed MMA Junkie and other pressreporters Tuesday. “We had matchmaking today and that was when I discovered out there was something incorrect with him. … I believe we simply ditched the battle.”
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