UFC star Sean Strickland has shown off his gruesome finger injury that forced him out of a scheduled fight against Jared Cannonier.
Strickland, 31, was booked to face fellow top-ranked middleweight contender Cannonier in the main event of a Fight Night card on October 15. Just two weeks after the fight was announced, Strickland has been forced to withdraw due to a nasty finger infection he suffered in training. Strickland said the infection came on quickly after he cut his finger on a sparring partner's tooth.
“I punched a dude in the face, right? It was consensual, but I hit his tooth and now my finger is god awful infected,” he said in an Instagram video. “So now I gotta go get this thing scrubbed out, get an antibiotic IV and we’ll be back to it on Monday.” Strickland's infection continued to get worse, so he took himself to the hospital where doctors said his finger would require surgery.
