Another October UFC Fight Night main event has fallen apart as Rafael Fiziev is injured and out of his Oct. 11 UFC Rio headline bout with Charles Oliveira.

Fiziev sustained an undisclosed injury during his preparations for the event, as first reported by Ag. Fight, and Oliveira confirmed to MMAFighting’s Guilherme Cruz that he does in fact need a new opponent.

The UFC has not yet made any official announcements about the change, and it has not yet been determined who Oliveira could face instead.

This news comes not long after it was announced the Oct. 18 UFC Vancouver card was getting a new featured matchup.

Oliveira is a former lightweight champion set to compete in his home country for the first time in 5.5 years. The popular Brazilian who holds the UFC record for most stoppage wins

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