Former UFC fighter Lorenz Larkin announced that he has been forced to tug out of his scheduled bout on the Ronda Rousey-Gina Carano headlined MVP card in May.
The 27-8 (2 NC) fighter was scheduled to face 19-6 former PFL and Bellator fighter Jason Jackson on the undercard of the primary MMA event to stream on Netflix. But he announced on Tuesday via an Instagram Story that he has been forced to tug out of the event because of a knee injury. He said he’ll deal with rehabilitating it and return further down the road.
“I’m sorry to all of the fans but I had to tug out the Netflix card because of knee injury. Might be rehabbing it back to 100% and might be back.”
As of yet, MVP has yet to make an announcement regarding the cancellation or by way of replacements.
Larkin-Jackson was set to be on the preliminary portion of the cardboard, with the major card headlined by Carano versus Rousey. The co-main event will pit former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou against Philipe Lins, UFC veterans Mike Perry and Nate Diaz against each other, and one other former UFC Heavyweight Champion in Junior Dos Santos might be in motion against Robelis Despaigne.