Alexander Gustafsson bokades tidigare mot Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, men drog sig sedan ur på grund av en ryggskada. Innan detta mötte han Jan Blachowicz i september och segrade via ett enhälligt domslut.
Enligt managern Thomas Ghassemi har Gustafsson haft ryggproblem under 3 till 4 år och kommer nu att vara borta på obestämd tid.
Det här berättade Ghassemi via ESPN:
Pain will come up and then disappear whenever it wants. It’s maybe an issue with a disk. When the pain starts to go into his legs, that’s when he knows it will affect his training and that’s what happened with this one.
We wanted a quick turnaround after this last fight. He’s in great shape, but when it flared up and went into his legs, we couldn’t take the fight. If you try to fight through it and lose, you can’t blame it after the fact. It’s better to deal with it now.
Nogueira kommer istället att möta Ryan Bader i huvudmatchen under Fight Night i Sao Paulo, Brasilien i november.
