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Niklas Motta was scheduled to face Ignacio Bahamondes at UFC 287 on April 8, but was pulled from the card after suffering an injury during the training camp for the now canned bout.
The fighter took to Instagram to reveal the injury that led to his withdrawal (Note: The second image is graphic):
Don’t swipe left if you have a weak stomach. I had this accident couple days by a headbutt in wrestling practice and my coaches and people that i trust made the decision to ask to to pull back my fight 3 weeks to have enough time to heal this or it would easily open in the fight and they would stop the fight by doctor stoppage. I had a lot stitches all my career but never had one deep like that, this white part on my cut in the second picture is my tendon, it got very swollen and inflamed. So even if felt unbelievable that something like that happened right before my fight, after thinking a lot i could see that was the right choice from my coach that i trust. I been focused and always in shape since after my fight in September last year and didn’t go home for the first time to see my family in the end of the year to stay ready to fight in December or beginning of the year and i been focused since then. So i just need couple weeks to heal that 100% trust the process and finally be back.
There is no word yet on exactly when the fighter expects to return to the Octagon.
