Injuries scrap Christian Colombo vs. Damian Grabowski at UFC Fight Night 109 in Sweden

The UFC’s return to Sweden, less than two weeks away, has seen the cancellation of a preliminary card fight.

The heavyweight fight between Christian Colombo (8-2-1 MMA, 0-1-1 UFC) and Damian Grabowski (20-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC), which was set to open the event, has been scrapped due to injuries to both fighters. UFC officials announced the change early today.

UFC Fight Night 109 takes place May 28 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on on UFC Fight Pass.

Both fighters were in pursuit of their first win in the promotion. Their bout was set to open the Fight Pass portion of the prelims.

Damian Grabowski

Grabowski, a 36-year-old Polish fighter and former M-1 champ, has suffered knockout losses to Derrick Lewis and Anthony Hamilton since joining the UFC this past year. Prior to those setbacks, he had won seven of his past eight and 20 of his first 22 pro fights, including a 2-1 record in Bellator.

Colombo, a 37-year-old Danish fighter, was set for his third shot at a first UFC win. Although he won six straight fights to get a UFC contract, he’s since fought Jarjis Danho to a majority draw and then suffered a submission defeat to Luis Henrique.

With the cancellation, the UFC Fight Night 109 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 1 p.m. ET)

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira
• Misha Cirkunov vs. Volkan Oezdemir
• Ben Saunders vs. Peter Sobotta
• Omari Akhmedov vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
• Nordine Taleb vs. TBA
• Jack Hermansson vs. Alex Nicholson

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 11 a.m. ET)

• Pedro Munhoz vs. Damian Stasiak
• Jessin Ayari vs. Darren Till
• Chris Camozzi vs. Trevor Smith
• Nico Musoke vs. Bojan Velickovic

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 10 a.m. ET)

• Joaquim Silva vs. Mairbek Taisumov
• Damir Hadzovic vs. Marcin Held

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