Jack Della Maddalena went into his UFC 299 fight against Gilbert Burns with staph infection in his knee, then came out of his “Durinho” showdown with a broken arm. The Aussie was expected to recover in time for the UFC 305 pay-per-view (PPV) card in Perth; however, things are going from bad to worse and Maddalena is facing additional surgeries.
“Had surgery on my arm one week after UFC 299,” Maddalena wrote on social media. “10 days later my wound had began splitting. Which was indicative of infection. Went in for surgery two as believed to be infection present, bone cleaned plate replaced, stayed in hospital for nine days on IV antibiotics then moved to oral antibiotics.”
“Thought the infection was under control, the wound itself had a couple of abscesses pop up over a five-week period which had been cut and drained which had bacteria present. (Slide 3) abscess cut and wound was covered. (Slide 4). May 27 removed the covering to show a messy hole. Had a further surgery yesterday to remove infected tissue and unfortunately some infected bone.”
Maddalena, 27, suggested ringworm in his recent Instagram story.
“I am going to have a further surgery or two to remove further infected tissue over the next week. Unfortunately this means I won’t be competing at UFC 305 in Perth. Which is a tough pill to swallow. At the moment I am focused on recovery.”
“Ridding my body of infection and allowing the bone to mend. planning to get my arm back to 100% which if all goes well will be in 12 weeks time. I am still motivated to compete before the years end in the fight I believe is the toughest and makes the most sense.”
Looks like that Shavkat Rakhmonov title eliminator will have to wait.