Struve suffers injury and leaves his fight against Junior Cigano in February

Struve is out of the fight against Cigano. (Photo: Getty Images)

UFC Halifax, which will take place on February 19th in Canada, suffered a major loss on its card. The heavy weight Stefan struve, who would be in the main fight of the night against Junior 'Cigano', injured his shoulder and is out of the fight. The organization is still looking for a replacement to face the Brazilian, but does not rule out the possibility of removing him from the event. The information is from the website 'Combate.com'.

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Through his social networks, the Dutchman commented on the case and apologized to the former heavyweight champion. “Bad news, guys. Unfortunately, I won't be able to fight on February 19th. I will have surgery on my left shoulder tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. The doctor said I'll be out for four months and of course I'll do my best to get back as soon as possible. I apologize to the fans, especially to the people who had purchased tickets to Halifax, and of course to the Junior Gypsy. It's the first time I've had to leave a fight due to injury and it hurts my heart. Thank you everyone for your support,” she wrote.

In addition to Cigano, the UFC Halifax card still features, so far, three more Brazilians. Cezar Mutant, Thiago Marreta e Reginaldo Vieira, who face, respectively, Elias Theodorou, Jack Marshman and Aiemann Zahabi. the argentine Santiago Ponzinibbio is also scheduled for the show, and will face Frenchman Nordine Taleb, who knocked out Erick silva on March 2016.

UFC HALIFAX CARD (to date):
Heavyweight: Junior Gypsy x Opponent to be announced
Average weight: Thiago Marreta x Jack Marshman
Average weight: Cezar Mutant x Elias Theodorou
Lightweight: Alvaro Herrera x Alessandro Ricci
Welterweight: Nordine Taleb x Santiago Ponzinibbio
Bantamweight: Reginaldo Vieira x Aiemann Zahabi
Straw weight: Carla esparza x Randa markos

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