- Jack Della Maddalena withdraws from UFC 305
- The Australian star suffered a mishap during surgery
- It means he won’t be fighting in his hometown of Perth.
Australian UFC star Jack Della Maddalena has ruled himself out of fighting in Perth later this year after suffering a series of infections in his surgically repaired arm.
Della Maddalena broke his left forearm during the early stages of his third-round knockout victory over Gilbert Burns on March 10.
The 27-year-old underwent surgery the following week, confident he would be ready to fight at UFC 305 in Perth on August 18.
But complication after complication shattered those dreams, and Della Maddalena shared the bad news on Instagram on Wednesday.
“Ten days (after surgery) my wound began to open, which was indicative of infection,” Della Maddalena wrote.
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Jack Della Maddalena is out of UFC 305 after a surgery mishap
Surgery on his left forearm did not go as planned and he will miss the Perth show
‘I went to surgery 2 because there was believed to be an infection, the bone was cleaned, the plate was replaced, he stayed in hospital for 9 days on IV antibiotics and then went on to oral antibiotics.
‘I thought the infection was under control, the wound itself had a couple of abscesses appear over a 5 week period that had been cut and drained, which had bacteria present.
‘Yesterday I had another surgery to remove infected tissue and unfortunately some infected bone. “I will undergo one or two more surgeries to remove more infected tissue over the next week.”
Della Maddalena said he was devastated to miss the fight in front of his hometown crowd in August.
“(It’s) a hard pill to swallow,” he wrote.
‘At the moment I am focused on recovery, clearing the infections from my body and allowing the bone to recover.
‘I’m planning to get my arm back to 100%, which, if all goes well, will be within 12 weeks.
Della Maddalena is a top UFC prospect and defeated Gilbert Burns last time out.
“I’m still motivated to compete before the end of the year in the fight that I think is the toughest and the one that makes the most sense.”
Della Maddalena has a perfect 7-0 record since her UFC debut in 2022.
His overall record is 17-2, including 12KOs.
Leon Edwards is the current welterweight champion, with Della Maddalena ranked sixth in the world.