By ProMMAnow.com contributor Pawel Sawicki
Former UFC title contender Thales Leites has officially been forced to withdraw from a fight against top European middleweight Mamed Khalidov at KSW 15 in Warsaw, Poland on March 19.
Leites had been tabbed to replaced Matt Lindland — who suffered a hand injury — against Khalidov, though there were already rumors that Leites too had been injured.
KSW has added a heavyweight bout to the March 19 show between ADCC veteran Karol Bedorf (6-1) and BJJ black belt Rogent Lloret (9-2-1).
The fight will be Bedorf’s first since December 2009, when he submitted Arunas Vilius with a kimura at KSW 12. As for Lloret, he’s coming off of a decision loss to Cole Konrad on August 19; Konrad went on to win the Bellator heavyweight title.
Pawel covers MMA for top Polish site MMANEWS.PL