Another hit for
#UFCVegas33, the new co-main event of Lazzez-Stolze is off.
Lazzez has visa issues (shouldn’t he have been in Vegas by now?)
and Stolze will remain on the card against an unnamed replacement,
per Stolze’s Instagram. pic.twitter.com/mFfUtAXdkP— Jay Pettry (@jaypettry)
July 27, 2021
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In a short span of time,
UFC on ESPN 28 has lost two main card fights.
On Tuesday news broke that Mounir
Lazzez won’t fight Niklas
Stolze in a welterweight scrap on Saturday. Stolze took up to
his social media accounts to share the information, revealing that
his opponent had some visa issues that prevented him from entering
the United States. On Tuesday, sources in Stoltze’s camp informed
Sherdog that Stoltze has been offered a non-co-main event matchup
with Jared Gordon (17-6, 0-2 UFC).
A day prior, the card lost the originally scheduled co-main event
after the Chris
Daukaus vs. Shamil
Abdurakhimov heavyweight matchup
had once again been called off. At the moment of writing, the
promotion hasn’t announced the new co-main event yet.
Stolze (12-4, 0-1 UFC) failed to impress the judges in his
promotional debut at UFC on ESPN 14, where he dropped a decision to
Ramazan
Emeev. Previously, the German fighter put together a four-bout
winning streak that earned him a golden ticket to the UFC.
Lazzez (10-2, 1-1 UFC) started his stint in the UFC on the right
foot when he upended Abdul
Razak Alhassan at UFC on ESPN 13. In his latest Octagon
appearance, he suffered his first stoppage when Warlley
Alves put “Sniper” away with body kicks and punches at the 2:35
mark in the opening round at UFC on ESPN 20.
UFC on ESPN 28 will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on July
31. In the main event, Uriah Hall
will lock horns with Sean
Strickland in a 185-pound clash. The main card will also
feature Cheyanne
Buys vs. Gloria de
Paula in a women’s strawweight tilt and Kyung Ho Khang vs.
Rani
Yahya at bantamweight. 
