An undisclosed injury has forced Shane del Rosario to pull out of his UFC 162 bout against Dave Herman and stepping in to face him will be Gabriel Gonzaga.
UFC officials announced the change on Friday evening and the bout will remain on the preliminary card.
UFC 162 takes place on July 6th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be headlined by Anderson Silva defending the UFC middleweight title against Chris Weidman.
Gonzaga (14-7) is in his second stint in the UFC and recently had a three fight winning streak snap when he was defeated by Travis Browne at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale in April. He was defeated by knockout and it was his first knockout lost since 2010.
Herman (21-5) is currently on a three fight losing streak and recently came off suspension after a positive drug test following UFC 153 last year. During his recent losing streak, all three of the defeats have come by stoppage with two of the three coming by knockout.
The current UFC 162 card is below:
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Anderson Silva (33-4) vs. Chris Weidman (9-0)
Frankie Edgar (15-4-1) vs. Charles Oliveira (16-3, 1 NC)
Tim Kennedy (15-4) vs. Roger Gracie (6-1)
Chan Sung Jung (13-3) vs. Ricardo Lamas (13-2)
Cub Swanson (19-5) vs. Dennis Siver (21-8)
Preliminary Card: (FX – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Mark Munoz (12-3) vs. Tim Boetsch (12-3)
Chris Leben (22-9) vs. Andrew Craig (8-1)
Norman Parke (17-2) vs. Kazuki Tokudome (12-3-1)
Edson Barboza (11-1) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (15-5)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 6:35 p.m. ET/3:35 p.m. PT)
Gabriel Gonzaga (14-7) vs. Dave Herman (21-5)
Seth Baczynski (17-7) vs. Brian Melancon (6-2)
Mike Pierce (16-5) vs. David Mitchell (12-2)