The highly anticipated middleweight bout that was set for UFC 248 between Jared Cannonier and Darren Till is officially off due to an injury Cannonier sustained.
The news was broken by “The Killa Gorilla” himself, as he posted on Instagram explaining what happened. Cannonier has torn his pectoral muscle and he’ll have to go undergo surgery.
The fight was mentioned some time ago, as allegedly the Englishman denied the opportunity to fight the American due to an ankle problem. There were reports that Till was fine, but he was in negotiations for a new UFC deal. Whatever it was, last week “Gorilla” accepted the fight, but now he’ll have to wait until the fall if he still wants to fight Cannonier.
Still, the Scouser will continue working towards UFC 248, as he’ll be a replacement option in case something happens to Israel Adesanya or Yoel Romero.