An undisclosed injury has forced Cezar Ferreira to pull out of his UFC on FX 8 bout against Chris Camozzi and Rafael Natal has agreed to replace Ferreira.
UFC officials announced the fight change on Saturday and the bout will take place on the main card on FX.
UFC on FX 8 takes place on May 18th in Brazil and will be headlined by Vitor Belfort meeting Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in a five round fight.
Natal (15-4-1) is 3-2-1 in the UFC and has three of his last four fights in the organization. He most recently defeated Sean Spencer at UFC on FOX 6 in the second round by submission and it was his first UFC win by stoppage.
Camozzi (19-5) is currently on a four fight winning streak, with his most recent win coming at UFC 158 against Nick Ring. During his recent winning streak, all of the fights have gone to the third round and his last two wins are by decision.
The current UFC on FX 8 card is below:
Main Card: (FX – 9 p.m. ET)
Vitor Belfort (22-10) vs. Luke Rockhold (10-1)
Ronaldo Souza (17-3, 1NC) vs. Constantinos Philippou (12-2, 1NC)
Chris Camozzi (19-5) vs. Rafael Natal (15-4-1)
Rafael dos Anjos (18-6) vs. Evan Dunham (14-3)
Preliminary Card: (FUEL TV – 6 p.m. ET)
Mike Rio (9-1) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (12-2)
John Cholish (8-2) vs. Gleison Tibau (26-9)
Lance Benoist (6-2) vs. Paulo Thiago (14-5)
Yuri Alcantara (27-4, 1NC) vs. TBA
Hacran Dias (21-1-1) vs. Nik Lentz (23-5-2, 1NC)
Roger Hollett (13-4) vs. Fabio Maldonado (18-6)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 4:30 p.m. ET)
Azamat Gashimov (7-2) vs. John Lineker (20-6)
Chris Cariaso (14-4) vs. Jussier Formiga (14-2)
Jeremy Larsen (8-3) vs. Lucas Martins (12-1)