{"id":440393,"date":"2025-02-11T02:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=440393"},"modified":"2025-02-11T05:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T05:11:53","slug":"aussie-fighter-hospitalised-after-brutal-loss-on-home-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=440393","title":{"rendered":"Aussie fighter hospitalised after brutal loss on home soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\ufeffustralian fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/horse-racing\/news-2024-ufc-fighter-jack-jenkins-zaaki-all-star-mile-multi-20241108-p5kp2u.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Jack Jenkins\">Jack Jenkins<\/a> was hospitalised and spent time in intensive care after his devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/ultimate-fighting-championship-ho8\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"UFC\">UFC<\/a> loss on home soil last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old was choked out by Brazil&#x27;s \ufeffGabriel Santos in the third round of their featherweight bout in what was a mixed day for the local hopes in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins (13-4) had some nice moments early in the fight, but was outclassed by Santos in what was his second loss since joining the UFC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-melbourne-storm-penrith-panthers-trial-north-sydney-bears-20250210-p5lb33.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Panthers pull out of pre-Vegas game after Storm decision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/super-bowl-2025-jordan-mailata-interview-philadelphia-eagles-win-kansas-city-chiefs-20250210-p5lb1q.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mailata refuses Aussie tradition in epic interview<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/combat-sports\/paris-olympics-2024-criminal-complaints-ioc-trump-order-transgender-athletes-20250211-p5lb3m.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Trump order sparks legal action against Olympics boss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was taken to hospital for post-fight medicals after the submission defeat before he was discharged, but fresh reports have revealed Jenkins was later readmitted\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"485b0f56-bf8c-4840-918f-8a5ff50678de\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/485b0f56-bf8c-4840-918f-8a5ff50678de\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1090\" data-height=\"613\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to MMA Fighting, Jenkins fractured cartilage in his thyroid, which caused an air leak in his chest and neck.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins was kept under close supervision in hospital before being released from intensive care on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>His team believes the injury occurred at the end of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins will likely be out of action for a number of months. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A\ufeffustralian fighter Jack Jenkins was hospitalised and spent time in intensive care after his devastating UFC loss on home soil last weekend. The 31-year-old was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=440393\" title=\"Aussie fighter hospitalised after brutal loss on home soil\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":440395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440396,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440393\/revisions\/440396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}