Lorenz Larkin recently suffered a knee injury that will keep him off the MVP Netflix card. | Dave Mandel
Most Valuable Promotions’ first MMA card has suffered its first setback.
UFC and Bellator MMA veteran Lorenz Larkin announced on Tuesday that he has been forced to withdraw from the May 16 event slated for the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Larkin was scheduled to face former Bellator champ Jason Jackson in a welterweight bout. It’s currently unknown if a Jackson will receive a replacement opponent.
Injury Woes
“I’m sorry to all the fans but I had to pull out of the Netflix card due to knee injury,” Larkin wrote on Instagram Stories. “Will be rehabing it back to 100% and will be back.”
Larkin, 39, hasn’t competed in MMA since 2024 when he earned a pair of first-round stoppage victories over Alan Dominguez and Levan Chokheli. More recently, “Monsoon” split a pair of bouts under the Karate Combat banner in 2025.
The 35-year-old Jackson last appeared in the semifinals of the Professional Fighters League welterweight tournament, where he dropped a split decision to eventual champion Thad Jean last June.
Most Valuable Promotions “Rousey vs. Carano” airs on Netflix and is headlined by a women’s featherweight duel pitting Ronda Rousey against Gina Carano. Other featured bouts include a heavyweight clash between Francis Ngannou and Philipe Lins and a welterweight tilt between Nate Diaz and Mike Perry.
