Undefeated heavyweight prospect Curtis Blaydes has signed with the UFC and he will make his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night 86 against Francis Ngannou as Bojan Mihajlovic is out of the fight due to undisclosed reasons.
The fight change was announced by the UFC on Monday.
UFC Fight Night 86 will come from the Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia on April 10 and the event will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Ben Rothwell meets former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.
Blaydes (5-0) has won all of his fights by TKO and is coming off a third round victory against Luis Cortez at RFA 35. Two of his five wins have come in the opening round and he defeated former Bellator heavyweight Lorenzo Hood in his pro debut. Ngannou (6-1) won his UFC debut in December when he defeated Luis Henrique by knockout. It was his fifth straight win and all of his victories are by finish.
The current UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos fight card is below.
Ben Rothwell (36-9) vs. Junior dos Santos (17-4)
Gabriel Gonzaga (17-10) vs. Derrick Lewis (14-4, 1NC)
Francis Ngannou (6-1) vs. Curtis Blaydes (5-0)
Timothy Johnson (9-2) vs. Marcin Tybura (13-1)
Igor Pokrajac (25-12, 1NC) vs. Jan Blachowicz (18-5)
Maryna Moroz (6-1) vs. Cristina Stanciu (5-0)
Nicolas Dalby (14-0-1) vs. Zak Cummings (18-4)
Mairbek Taisumov (24-5) vs. Damir Hadzovic (10-2)
Ian Entwistle (9-2) vs. Alejandro Perez (16-6)
Filip Pejic (10-1-1) vs. Damian Stasiak (8-3)
Robert Whiteford (12-3) vs. Lucas Martins (15-3)
Jared Cannonier (7-1) vs. Cyril Asker (7-1)
Bojan Velickovic (13-3) vs. Alessio Di Chirico (9-0)