Well, it seems like the UFC had a nice fight to make following today’s UFC Fight Night 134 main event, but that won’t be happening.

After a scintillating win at UFC Fight Night 134, Anthony Smith (29-13 MMA, 6-3 UFC) volunteered to fight again in two weeks against perennial contender Alexander Gustafsson (18-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) at UFC 227 in Los Angeles. However, multiple UFC officials told MMAjunkie that Gustafsson – who was in need of an opponent after scheduled foe Volkan Oezdemir bowed out due to a broken nose – has also been ruled out due to injury.

The nature of the injury was not revealed, and a timetable for the Swede’s return was not immediately established. Moments Sports Management, which represents Gustafsson, issued a statement to MMAjunkie.

“Alex Gustafsson is out of UFC 227 with a minor injury,” the statement read. “The injury occurred last week. Since that time, we have been working closely with the UFC doctors, our doctors in Sweden, and the experts at the UFC Performance Institute. We have been advised that Alex has a minor injury, and he will not be permitted to compete at UFC 227. Had Alex been fit to fight, we were prepared to face (Khalil) Rountree or anyone else the UFC had asked us, including (Daniel) Cormier at heavyweight.

“Alex will be fighting again very soon. He will give his side of the story shortly. We don’t care who the opponent is. But whomever we face it should be for the meaningful result of the LHW UFC Title.”

Gustafsson, 31, is No. 5 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings. However, he hasn’t fought since a May 2017 win over Glover Teixeira.

UFC 227 takes place Aug. 4 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The current UFC 227 lineup includes:

Champ T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt – for flyweight title Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo – for bantamweight title J.J. Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana Renato Moicano vs. Cub Swanson Benito Lopez vs. Ricky Simon Brett Johns vs. Pedro Munhoz Irene Aldana vs. Bethe Correia Kyung Ho Kang vs. Ricardo Ramos Danielle Taylor vs. Weili Zhang Sheymon Moraes vs. Matt Sayles Alex Perez vs. Jose Torres Wuliji Buren vs. Marlon Vera

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 134, check out the UFC Events section of the site.