Teemu Packalen Out Of UFC fight Night 118 Due To Injury

In a post on Instagram, Teemu Packalen (8-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) revealed that he’s out of a lightweight fight against Marcin Held (22-7 MMA, 0-3 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 118 due to a knee injury that required surgery. He posted a photo that showed him post-surgery. The event happens on October 21 at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. The entire event streams on Fight Pass. Here’s the current card:

MAIN CARD (3 p.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass)

Donald Cerrone vs. Darren Till
Jodie Esquibel vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Jan Blachowicz vs. Devin Clark
Oskar Piechota vs. Jonathan Wilson

PRELIMINARY CARD (11:45 a.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass)
Marcin Held vs. TBA
Dmitrii Smoliakov vs. Adam Wieczorek
Brian Kelleher vs. Damian Stasiak
Ramazan Emeev vs. Trevor Smith
Andre Fili vs. Artem Lobov
Warlley Alves vs. Jim Wallhead
Aspen Ladd vs. Lina Lansberg
Felipe Arantes vs. Josh Emmett

Huonoja uutisia ja koville ottaa. Lue lisää bion linkistä. #UFC #TeamUnibet #UFCGdansk

A post shared by Teemu Packalen (@tepack) on Oct 4, 2017 at 11:16pm PDT

Operaatio done ja hyvin meni, kiitos @sairaalaneo. Kuntoutus käyntiin ja vahvempana takas! 💪🏼 #ufc #teamunibet #sairaalaneo #ComePack

A post shared by Teemu Packalen (@tepack) on Oct 5, 2017 at 6:30am PDT