Ex-UFC star Tyson Pedro shares horrific photo of the devastating injury that has setback his pro boxing debut

Tyson Pedro has shared an image of the moment he broke his elbow, with the nasty injury derailing the former UFC star’s plans to make his professional boxing debut.

Pedro was scheduled to meet Australian heavyweight champion Kris Terzievski for the vacant WBC International Bridgerweight title in an exclusive Stan pay-per-view fight on June 12 at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, but the fight has been called off.

A ‘devastated’ Pedro shared a horrific image of the moment he broke his arm on social media on Wednesday morning.

“Not the way you want your arm to go,” Pedro captioned the photo.

Pedro’s injury has forced him to postpone his professional boxing debut for next month

‘Pretty devastated, have to postpone the fight. Luckily, it’s not a bad break and should be a quick turnaround.

‘Thanks for the messages. Same mission, different timeline.”

Boxing legend and promoter Danny Green also commented on the Australian fighter’s withdrawal from the fight.

“He’s quite gutted … it’s quite deflating and quite devastating news for him and his family and everyone involved around him,” Green said. Broad sports world.

‘His opponent Kris Terzievski has been training very hard and all the fighters on the undercard are now facing the cancellation, which is very difficult news to tell people. Unfortunately, that’s the nature of martial arts.”

‘It’s probably too early to tell [how long he will be sidelined]We only got the results back this morning. There’s a good chance he’ll need surgery.”

If anyone knows how to deal with injuries, it’s Tyson Pedro. The Penrith product suffered a series of knee injuries that kept him sidelined from the UFC for more than three years.

Tyson’s incredible injury problems have been widely reported, but what is less widely known are his mental struggles throughout the ordeal.

“I had a nervous breakdown,” he revealed in 2022.

Pedro will postpone his boxing debut with Australian heavyweight champion Kris Terzievski (pictured right; Australian boxing great Danny Green center)

Pedro got off to a great start to his UFC career, but hit a major hurdle when a brutal knee injury sidelined him for three years

‘I have never spoken about this to anyone outside my immediate family, but the pressure became too much.

‘I had spent four years worrying about my knee, about money, about supporting my wife and daughter… and now here was finally the moment when I had to win.

“So one day I just started drinking, and that was it. I disappeared on a bender for days.”

John Pedro, Tyson’s father, was instrumental in helping his son through this dark period and get his training back on track.