{"id":413869,"date":"2026-01-15T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413869\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:45:07","slug":"ufc-325-jimmy-crute-announces-acl-injury-out-vs-dustin-jacoby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413869\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 325: Jimmy Crute announces ACL injury, out vs. Dustin Jacoby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Crute has suffered a significant injury, forcing him out of his scheduled bout at UFC 325, and possibly the entire year.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Crute (14-4-2 MMA, 6-4-2 UFC) was set to face Dustin Jacoby on home soil in Sydney, but will no longer compete due to a ruptured ACL. Crute announced the injury Wednesday on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good morning, everyone. I have some pretty disappointing news,&#8221; Crute said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTg3_xmk9RR\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram video<\/a>. &#8220;On Monday, I completely ruptured my ACL. I&#8217;m out of my fight Feb. 1 against Dustin. I&#8217;m extremely disappointed. I&#8217;m obviously very disappointed and gutted, but I think I can use this opportunity to grow with patience. In nine, 10 months, I&#8217;ll come back stronger. More in tune with my body, stronger legs. God is good, and there&#8217;s a reason for this, so, yeah. Little speed bump, but I&#8217;ll be back stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Crute put together a 2-0-1 record, which included back-to-back first-round stoppages of Marcin Prachnio and Ivan Erslan. The latter earned a Performance of the Night bonus. Unfortunately, he will not be able to capitalize on the momentum he built until late 2026. Recovery for a ruptured ACL could take 9-12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear at the time of writing if Jacoby (21-9-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) will remain on the card against a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 325 takes place Jan. 31 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The UFC&#8217;s second event of the year is headlined by a featherweight championship rematch between <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/alex-volkanovski\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alexander Volkanovski;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alexander Volkanovski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/diego-lopes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Diego Lopes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Diego Lopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/01\/14\/ufc-325-news-jimmy-crute-injured-out-vs-dustin-jacoby\/88188917007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 325 news: Jimmy Crute injured, out vs. Dustin Jacoby;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 325 news: Jimmy Crute injured, out vs. Dustin Jacoby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Crute has suffered a significant injury, forcing him out of his scheduled bout at UFC 325, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,13847,9754,786,13845,785,218762,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-413869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-crute","11":"tag-dustin-jacoby","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-jimmy-crute","14":"tag-mma","15":"tag-ruptured-acl","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}