Aljamain Sterling injured and out of Frankie Edgar fight

Popular UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling has been on a tear through the 135 pounds division lately. due to his immense success off late, he was scheduled to welcome the former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar to the division with a fight. However, Sterling has now revealed that he has suffered an injury and has been ruled out of the fight.

Sterling broke the news to his fans through a long Instagram post. Here’s what he had to say:

For the last 2 years, I’ve been dealing with a Scapholunate ligament tear in my wrist. Depending on how bad you let the injury get can weaken/affect your grip strength, reduces the weight you can lift, the pressure you can put on it, and over time gets extremely painful to do daily activities, like washing my back and my ass! 😅💀
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I kept pushing through the injurys’ limits and telling the doctors that I would be fine with not getting surgery. 💁🏾‍♀️ Recently I was offered a HUGE fight, so I was going to push the limits again, despite having less strength than my left hand (I’m right-handed) to fight the legend, Frankie “The Answer” Edgar, at @thegarden!!

You can see his post down below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zP9ocHSgn/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=dlfix