According to UFC light heavyweight Ilir Latifi (12-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC), UFC officials are busy finding him a new opponent for next month’s UFC Fight Night 112 event. “The Sledgehammer” today took to Twitter to announce Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (22-8 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has withdrawn from the June 25 event while also calling on Corey Anderson (9-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) to step into the vacancy. Very sad to here that Lil nog is injured and has to cancel the fight, you are a great fighter and I wish you a fast recovery! — Ilir Latifi (@Latifimma) May 17, 2017 So my thoughts are that if Corey Anderson is ready to take the fight it would be a great show for the fans, let's do this! — Ilir Latifi (@Latifimma) May 17, 2017 UFC officials have yet to make an announcement regarding Nogueira’s withdrawal. Anderson’s representatives were not immediately available for comment when contacted by MMAjunkie.
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