Sources confirmed to MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti that Ilir Latifi has suffered an injury that will force him to withdraw from his fight with Glover Teixeira at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany on July 22. ESPN was the first to report the news.
This is the second major change to the Hamburg event this week, following the news that Anthony Smith would replace Volkan Oezdemir in the main event opposite Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Officials will now have to seek a replacement for what was scheduled to be the co-headlining bout as well.