A shoulder injury has forced Stefan Struve to withdraw from his heavyweight contest against Junior dos Santos on Feb. 19 at UFC Fight Night 105.
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani confirmed the news on Thursday following an initial report by Brazilian outlet Combate.
“[Struve] is having surgery tomorrow morning to repair an injury to his shoulder,” a representative for the Dutch heavyweight told MMA Fighting. “He is very disappointed and looks forward to returning to competition as soon as possible. Thanks to all his fans for their ongoing support and he apologizes to Junior Dos Santos that they are not able to fight in February, but he looks forward to that fight in future.