A hand injury has forced Quinn Mulhern to pull out of his UFC 164 lightweight bout against Ryan Couture and replacing Mulhern in the bout will be Ultimate Fighter alum Al Iaquinta.
UFC officials confirmed the fight changed after Mulhern announced his injury on Twitter and the Las Vegas Sun reported the new fight.
UFC 164 takes place on August 31st from the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee and will be headlined by Benson Henderson defending the UFC lightweight title against Anthony Pettis.
Iaquinta (5-2-1) was a finalist in the Ultimate Fighter 15 and was defeated by Michael Chiesa in the live finale. He was scheduled to face Joe Proctor at UFC 159 but the fight was canceled when both fighters suffered injuries.
Couture (6-2) made his UFC debut earlier this year at UFC on FUEL TV 9 against Ross Pearson an was defeated in the second round by TKO. The defeat snapped a four fight winning streak and it was his first defeat by stoppage.
The current UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis II fight card is below:
Benson Henderson (19-2) vs. Anthony Pettis (16-2) – Lightweight Title bout
Josh Barnett (32-6) vs. Frank Mir (16-7)
Chad Mendes (14-1) vs. Clay Guida (30-13)
Erik Koch (13-2) vs. Dustin Poirier (13-3)
Brandon Vera (12-6, 1NC) vs. Ben Rothwell (32-9)
Soa Palelei (18-3) vs. Nikita Krylov (14-0)
Jamie Varner (21-7-1, 2NC) vs. Gleison Tibau (27-9)
Louis Gaudinot (6-2) vs. Tim Elliot (9-3-1)
Chico Camus (12-4) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (11-7)
Derek Brunson (10-2) vs. Yoel Romero (5-1)
Ryan Couture vs. Al Iaquinta (5-2-1)
Jared Hamman (13-5) vs. Magnus Cedenblad (10-4)