Johnny Eduardo and Lucas Martins were scheduled to face each other at UFC Fight Night 32 next week in Brazil, but the bout has been scratched after both of them suffered an injury.
UFC officials announced the change yesterday and the fight card will now go forward with eleven fights.
UFC Fight Night 32 will come from the Goiania Arena in Goiania, Goias, Brazil and will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout as Vitor Belfort meets Dan Henderson in a rematch of their 2006 bout.
Eduardo (26-9) has dealt with injury issues in the past as he had to pull out of fights at UFC 139 and UFC 158. He has not been in the UFC cage since 2012 when he defeated Jeff Curran by unanimous decision at UFC on FUEL TV 3.
Martins (14-1) has won back to back fights in the UFC after dropping his debut against Edson Barboza in a lightweight bout. He dropped down to the bantamweight division in his last appearance in the UFC and defeated Junior Hernandez in the first round by submission.
The current UFC Fight Night 32: Belfort vs. Henderson card is below.
Main Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Vitor Belfort (23-10) vs. Dan Henderson (29-10)
Cezar Ferreira (4-2) vs. Daniel Sarafian (9-3)
Rafael Cavalcante (11-4, 1NC) vs. Igor Pokrajac (25-10, 1NC)
Brandon Thatch (10-1) vs. Paulo Thiago (15-5)
Ryan LaFlare (8-0) vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio (18-1)
Rony Jason (13-3) vs. Jeremy Stephens (21-9)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
Godofredo Pepey (10-2) vs. Sam Sicilia (11-3)
Thiago Perpetuo (9-2-1) vs. Omari Akhmedov (11-0)
Thiago Tavares (21-5-1) vs. Justin Salas (11-4)
Adriano Martins (24-6) vs. Daron Cruickshank (13-3)
Jose Maria (33-4, 2NC) vs. Dustin Ortiz (11-2)