Anthony Johnson receives a new opponent for UFC 191

Jan Blachowicz has been pulled from his UFC 191 bout against Anthony Johnson due to undisclosed reasons and Johnson will now meet Jimi Manuwa.

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Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

The new fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday.

UFC 191 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 5 and will be headlined by a rematch as Demetrious Johnson defends the flyweight title against John Dodson.

Johnson (19-5) is coming off a lost to Daniel Cormier in May and the defeat snapped a nine fight winning streak. Since coming back to the UFC, he is 3-1 and two of those victories came by TKO/KO in the first round. Manuwa (15-1) has won four of his five fights in the UFC and three of those wins have come by TKO. He will enter this fight following a decision win against Blachowicz in April.

The current UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II fight card is below.

Demetrious Johnson (22-2-1) vs. John Dodson (17-6)
Anthony Johnson (19-5) vs. Jimi Manuwa (15-1)
Paige VanZant (5-1) vs. Alex Chambers (5-2)
Francisco Rivera (11-4, 1NC) vs. John Lineker (25-7)
Joaquim Silva (7-0) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (23-3)