With Magnus Cedenblad being out of UFC Fight Night 30 with an injury, Alessio Sakara will now meet newcomer Nicholas Musoke on October 26th in Manchester.
UFC officials announced the new bout on Thursday.
UFC Fight Night 30 on October 26th will come from the Manchester Arena and card will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Mark Munoz meets Lyoto Machida.
Musoke (10-2-1, 1NC) is unbeaten in his last six fights and is coming off a decision victory in June. Eight of his ten victories have come by knockout or submission, and six of those wins have come in the first round.
Sakara (19-10, 1NC) is currently on a three fight losing streak with the defeats coming against Chris Weidman, Brian Stann and Patrick Cote. His defeat to Cote came by disqualification after he landed multiple strikes to the back of Cote’s head.
The current UFC Fight Night 30: Machida vs. Munoz card is below.
Main Card: (Fox Sports 2 – 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT)
Lyoto Machida (19-4) vs. Mark Munoz (13-3)
Ross Pearson (15-6) vs. Melvin Guillard (31-12-2, 1NC)
Jimi Manuwa (13-0) vs. Ryan Jimmo (18-2)
Norman Parke (18-2) vs. Jon Tuck (7-0)
Alessio Sakara (19-10, 1NC) vs. Nicholas Musoke (10-2-1, 1NC)
John Lineker (22-6) vs. Phil Harris (22-10, 1NC)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT)
Piotr Hallman (14-1) vs. Al Iaquinta (6-2-1)
Luke Barnatt (6-0) vs. Andrew Craig (9-1)
Rosi Sexton (13-3) vs. Jessica Andrade (9-3)
Cole Miller (19-8) vs. Andy Ogle (9-2)
Jimy Hettes (10-1) vs. Mike Wilkinson (8-1)
Brad Scott (8-2) vs. Michael Kuiper (12-2)