[autotag]Blagoy Ivanov[/autotag] won’t be competing next month.
The heavyweight has suffered an injury and been forced to withdraw from his bout against [autotag]Marcin Tybura[/autotag] at UFC 260 on March 27. The news was confirmed on social media by both Ivanov and Tybura following a report from 24Chasa.
Details on Ivanov’s injury are unknown. It’s also uncertain if the UFC intends to reschedule the matchup or find a new opponent for Tybura.
Ivanov (18-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was looking to snap a two-fight losing skid that’s kept him winless since June 2019. Both defeats were split decision losses to ranked opposition in Derrick Lewis and Augusto Sakai.
Tybura (21-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is looking to build on his four-fight winning streak. The Polish fighter had an impressive run in 2020 with decision wins over Sergey Spivak, Maxim Grishin, Ben Rothwell and, most recently, a stoppage of former NFL star Greg Hardy.
The UFC 260 lineup now includes:
- Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou – for heavyweight title
- Champ Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega – for featherweight title
- Jimmy Crute vs. Anthony Smith
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Hannah Goldy vs. Jessica Penne
- Vicente Luque vs. Tyron Woodley
- Thomas Almeida vs. Sean O’Malley
- Marcin Tybura vs. opponent TBA
- Abu Azaitar vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
- Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy
- Omar Morales vs. Shane Young