Daniel Omielanczuk out, Soa Palelei vs. Walt Harris official for UFC Fight Night 55

Daniel Omielanczuk has pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 55 bout against Soa Palelei and taking Omielanczuk spot in the bout will be Walt Harris. UFC Fight Night 55

The fight change was officially announced on Tuesday morning by the UFC.

UFC Fight Night 55 will come from the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia on November 8th and will be headlined by a scheduled five round middleweight bout as former Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold meets Michael Bisping.

Harris (7-3) is returning to the UFC after defeating D.J. Linderman at Titan Fighting Championship 28 in May. During his first stint in the UFC, he went 0-2 with the defeats coming against Jared Rosholt and Nikita Krylov.

Palelei (21-4) came back to the UFC last year and scored three straight victories in the promotion against Krylov, Pat Barry, and Ruan Potts. His winning streak came to an end in June when he lost a decision to Rosholt.

The current UFC Fight Night 55: Rockhold vs. Bisping fight card is below.

Main Card: (Fight Pass – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Luke Rockhold (12-2) vs. Michael Bisping (26-6)
Ross Pearson (16-7, 1NC) vs. Al Iaquinta (9-3-1)
Robert Whittaker (13-4) vs. Clint Hester (11-3)
Soa Palelei (21-4) vs. Walt Harris (7-3)

Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT)
Jake Matthews (8-0) vs. Vagner Rocha (11-3)
Anthony Perosh (14-8) vs. Guto Inocente (6-3)
Dylan Andrews (18-6, 1NC) vs. Sam Alvey (23-6, 1NC)
Neil Seery (14-10) vs Richie Vaculik (10-2)
Vik Grujic (7-4) vs. Chris Clements (11-5, 1NC)
Daniel Kelly (7-0) vs. Luke Zachrich (14-3)
Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-2) vs. Marcus Brimage (6-3)
Aljamain Sterling (10-0) vs. Frankie Saenz (9-2)