Jack Jenkins Gives Update on Elbow Injury Suffered at UFC 293

Jack Jenkins dislocated his elbow during a technical knockout loss to Jose Mariscal at UFC 293.

The Melbourne, Australia, native suffered the injury while defending a takedown from his opponent in their preliminary featherweight bout at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Jenkins’ arm bent gruesomely when he attempted to post on the mat, ending the contest at the 3:19 mark of Round 2.

Jenkins provided an update on his status in a video post on social media. While Jenkins avoided any fractures, he did confirm the dislocation. It is currently unclear whether he’ll need surgery.

“Dislocated my elbow yesterday, went straight to the hospital,” Jenkins said. “No fractures or anything like that, but I’m going to need an MRI. They’re a little bit worried about some of the ligaments having ruptured. So, best case scenario, none of them are ruptured, and I can get back pretty soon. Worst case scenario, I’m going to need surgery but not much we can do about that now.

“Fight went really well, try not to get too down about it. With my coaches, we always just try and focus on the process instead of the outcome. We prepared really diligently even though we had a few things thrown our way during fight camp. I broke my foot six weeks ago so. We had to train without kicking and without running and a lot of stuff for the last little bit, but we still got to the fight in really good shape, and that didn’t have anything to do with the result.”

A former Eternal MMA title holder, Jenkins entered UFC 293 on a nine-bout winning streak. He earned a contract with the promotion on Dana White’s Contender Series before besting Don Shainis and Jamall Emmers in his first two UFC appearances.