Lyman Good signs with UFC, replaces Edgar Garcia at UFC Fight Night 71 against Andrew Craig

Edgar Garcia recently pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 71 bout against Andrew Craig and the UFC has signed former Bellator champion Lyman Good to face Craig on the July 15 card coming from San Diego.UFC Fight Night 71

The UFC announced the new fight booking on Wednesday.

UFC Fight Night 71 will come from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as former UFC champion Frank Mir meets Todd Duffee.

Good (18-3, 1NC) is unbeaten in his last five fights and has won his last two fights by submission. His most recent win came in May as he submitted Nah-Shon Burrell and he was the CFFC welterweight champion. Craig (9-3) enters this fight with defeats in his last two fights and is 3-3 in the UFC. His last fight came at UFC Fight Night 44 and he lost a decision against Cezar Ferreira.

The current UFC Fight Night 71: Mir vs. Duffee fight card is below.

Frank Mir (17-9) vs. Todd Duffee (9-2)
Al Iaquinta (12-3-1) vs. Gilbert Melendez (22-5)
Josh Thomson (20-7, 1NC) vs. Tony Ferguson (18-3)
Holly Holm (8-0) vs. Marion Reneau (6-1)
Kevin Lee (10-1) vs. James Moontasri (8-2)
Alan Jouban (11-3) vs. Matt Dwyer (8-2)
Sam Sicilia (14-5) vs. Doo Ho Choi (12-1)
Jessica Andrade (12-4) vs. Sarah Moras (4-1)
Scott Jorgensen (15-10) vs. Manny Gamburyan (14-8, 1NC)
Igor Araujo (25-7, 1NC) vs. Sean Strickland (15-1)
Kevin Casey (8-3, 1NC) vs. Ildemar Alcantara (21-7)
Andrew Craig (9-3) vs. Lyman Good (18-3, 1NC)