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Ovince St. Preux Says UFC on Fox 27 Opponent Ilir Latifi Injured, Out of Scheduled Jan. 27 Fight

Another Ultimate Fighting Championship co-main event looks to has fallen by the wayside.

On Tuesday evening, light heavyweight Ovince St. Preux took to Twitter to announce that his scheduled opponent for UFC on Fox 27, Ilir Latifi, had suffered an injury in training and pulled out of their contest. “OSP” offered an open call to potential replacements, even expressing his comfort with a heavyweight bout.

UFC on Fox 27, headlined by a middleweight rematch between “Jacare” Ronaldo Souza and Derek Brunson, is scheduled for Jan.