MMA prospect Sammy-Jo Luxton is currently in the hospital battling sepsis.
The Manchester Top Team star was set to make her eagerly-anticipated Professional Fighters League debut in Newcastle on Saturday night.
Luxton, 25, was set to take on the toughest test of her brief MMA career in the Netherlands’ Lizzy Gevers.
But ‘The Ghetto Cinderella’ has been forced to withdraw from the card and the PFL’s lucrative European women’s featherweight tournament with a deadly bout of sepsis.
Luxton revealed her hospitalisation on her X and Instagram pages, sharing snaps of herself unwell in her bed.
Her accompanying caption read: “Should be fight week but unfortunately the curse on me continues.
“I underwent emergency surgery in April. It’s since become infected, spread to my kidneys and I now have sepsis.
“I have been in hospital since 28th May with my temperature hitting 41 degrees putting me into seizure-like states.
“Not much I can say really, just gutted beyond belief.”
Scores of the former kickboxer’s followers sent her well wishes, with one saying: “Sorry to hear that Sammy, hoping you have a quick recovery.
Another said: “Unfortunately I know how that feels. Hope you feel better soon.”
And another said: “So sorry to hear this… best wishes for a speedy recovery and hope to see you back in the cage soon!
One remarked: “Jesus, hellish. All the best in recovery.
Another chimed in: “Sad news indeed, wishing you a speedy and full recovery.”
Doctors have placed Luxton on “industrial-strength” antibiotics to fight off the deadly effects of the condition.
She wrote: “It’s a bit of a scary one ’cause you go downhill fast. I was put on industrial-strength antibiotics, as the hospital called it.
“That strength took three days for my body to react to.”
Luxton is itching to compete under the PFL banner, although she’s currently focused solely on getting better at this moment in time.
She said: “[It’s] too early to say [when I’ll be back], they don’t even know when I’ll be able to leave the hospital right now.
“So I don’t know what my recovery will look like.”
