A loss for UFC on ESPN 5 will be a gain for UFC on ESPN+ 14.
On Tuesday, the promotion announced that a light heavyweight clash between Volkan Oezdemir and Ilir Latifi is being pushed back a week from Aug. 3 to Aug. 10 at UFC on ESPN+ 14 at Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The pair of ranked 205-pound hitters originally was slated to square off at UFC on ESPN+11, but a fight week injury forced Latifi out of the bout.
Oezdemir (15-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC), 29, will look to rebound from three straight losses suffered against then-champ Daniel Cormier, recent title challenger Anthony Smith and top contender Dominick Reyes.
A winner of two out of his last three bouts, Latifi (14-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) also will look to get in the win column. The Swedish fighter last competed at UFC 232, losing a unanimous decision to Corey Anderson.
The latest UFC on ESPN+ 14 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Valentina Shevchenko vs. Liz Carmouche
- Vicente Luque vs. Mike Perry
- Humberto Bandenay vs. Luiz Garagorri
- Ilir Latifi vs. Volkan Oezdemir
- Oskar Piechota vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Enrique Barzola vs. Bobby Moffett
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 5 p.m. ET)
- Cyril Gane vs. Raphael Pessoa
- Marina Rodriguez vs. Tecia Torres
- Rogerio Bontorin vs. Raulian Paiva
- Geraldo de Freitas vs. Chris Gutierrez
- Ariane Carnelossi vs. Taila Santos
- Alex da Silva vs. Rafael Fiziev
- Aleksei Kunchenko vs. Laureano Staropoli
- Veronica Macedo vs. Rachael Ostovich
For more on UFC on ESPN+ 14, check out the MMA Schedule.
