Former UFC middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold suffered a leg injury during training and was removed from the fight against Alexander Gustafson. The clash would take place on August 4th in Los Angeles (USA) at UFC 227. The organization has not yet announced Gustafsson's new opponent.
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Rockhold would make his light heavyweight debut at the event in Los Angeles. The North American decided to move up a category after losing to Yoel romero, by knockout, in the dispute for the interim middleweight belt, in February, at UFC 221.
According to the journalist from the MMA Fighting website, Ariel Halwani, the North American fighter, should spend at least four months recovering. Halwani posted Rockhold's injury on social media.
WARNING: Strong images.
Video: Luke Rockhold Injury
Luke Rockhold reinjured his leg in training late last week and is now definitely not fighting Alexander Gustafson this summer. I'm told he's hoping to return in October, at the earliest. Here's a video he provided to me of his shin getting stitched up. (Warning: GRAPHIC) pic.twitter.com/CDQseH7nUN
- Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 22 May 2018
Ariel Helwani: Luke Rockhold injured his leg in training last week and now he will definitely not fight with Alexander Gustafson in this summer. I'm told he hopes to return in October at the earliest. Here is a video he provided me of his shin being stitched up.
And if that video wasn't enough for you, here's another of the stitching. pic.twitter.com/7DNsftcirW
- Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 22 May 2018
Ariel Helwani: And if this video wasn't enough for you, here's another one of the seams.
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