Bobby Nash Out of XMMA 4
A knee injury has forced Nash out of the April event
Bobby Nash (12-4) who is on a four-fight win streak is going to have to step out the upcoming XMMA 4: Black Magic event in New Orleans. The event is scheduled for April 2 and is now down to 11 bouts with the removal of Nash vs Felipe Boaventura, who was also removed from the card last week according to MMA Island, who was first to report the news of both sides of the scheduled bout.
Nash confirmed the injury on his own social media accounts Wednesday, where he said he hurt his knee, “pretty bad in training last week.” He also wrote that it was swollen and “can hardly walk on it,” so he will need some time to recover. See his post below:
Hurt my knee pretty bad in training last week. Was hoping for it to heal up but still very swollen and can hardly walk on it. Going to take some time to recover. Unfortunately I will not be fighting April 2nd in @XMMAofficial hopefully once healthy I’ll get back in asap!
— Bobby Nash 🔥 (@B_Nashty) March 16, 2022
Nash’s win streak came from his time in the XFC which seems to have faded away with little or no notice to the fighters according to a recent interview with the welterweight. Nash was in a tournament he was favored to win and was part of his road back into the UFC. XMMA 4 is an event that touted having 14 ex-UFC fighters and Nash was already back on the UFC’s radar.
The timing is unfortunate since the date of the event will likely draw a lot of attention on a rare Saturday night where there is no UFC event taking place.
The event is now down to 11 bouts and according to the MMA Island tweet, the promotion is still looking to get one more in but currently these are the listed bouts:
John Dodson vs. Francisco Rivera
Jared Gooden vs. Curtis Millender
John Howard vs. Ange Loosa
Kyle Bochniak vs. Carlton Minus
Zak Ottow vs. Kyle Stewart
Tyrek Malveaux vs. Matt Sayles
Cole Smith vs. John Sweeney
Kyron Bowen vs. Sasha Palatnikov
Adli Edwards vs. Josh Harvey
Tateki Matsuda vs. Louie Sanoudakis
Andrew Garrette vs. Justin Mead
Check the XMMA.com website for more updates.
