Louis Taylor has a new opponent for World Series of Fighting 32 as Shamil Gamzatov has pulled out of the event due to personal issues and stepping up to meet Taylor on the July 30 fight card in Washington state will be undefeated prospect Phil Hawes.
The fight changed was announced by the World Series of Fighting in a press release on Wednesday.
“We hope to see Shamil back in action soon, and we salute Phil Hawes for having the courage and willpower to return to action less than two months after his first fight with us,” said World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo.
World Series of Fighting 32 will come from the XFINITY Arena in Everett, Washington on July 30 and will be headlined by a title fight rematch as Marlon Moraes will defend the WSOF bantamweight title against Josh Hill.
Hawes (4-0) won his World Series of Fighting debut earlier this month as he defeated Josh Key by TKO in the first round. All of his wins have come by stoppage and three of them have come by TKO. Taylor (12-3) is currently on a five fight winning streak and is coming off a win against Cory Devela at World Series of Fighting 29. Eleven of his twelve wins have come by stoppage and six of those wins have come by submission.
The current World Series of Fighting 32: Moraes vs. Hill II fight card is below.
Marlon Moraes (16-4-1) vs. Josh Hill (14-1)
Alexandre Almeida (18-5) vs. Lance Palmer (10-2)
Ben Fodor (6-1-1) vs. Caros Fodor (10-5)
Phil Hawes (4-0) vs. Louis Taylor (12-3)
Hakeem Dawodu (5-0-1) vs. Marat Magomedov (7-0-1)