Following an injury to Francisco Rivera, the UFC has signed RFA bantamweight champion Pedro Munhoz to replace Rivera at UFC 170 against Raphael Assunacao.
The new fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday evening and the new fight will be place on the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1.
UFC 170 will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on February 22nd and will be headlined by Ronda Rousey defending the UFC women’s bantamweight title against Sara McMann.
Munhoz (10-0) won the RFA bantamweight title last year and is coming off a successful title defense against Billy Daniels at RFA 12 in January. He defeated Daniels by guillotine choke in the first round, and it was his sixth career victory to come by submission.
Assuncao (21-4) is currently on a five fight winning streak and is coming off a fight of the night victory against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night 29. During his winning streak, three of the wins have come by decision with the two stoppage victories coming against Issei Tamura and Vaughan Lee.
The current UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Ronda Rousey (8-0) vs. Sara McMann (7-0)
Rashad Evans (19-3-1) vs. Daniel Cormier (13-0)
Demian Maia (18-5) vs. Rory MacDonald (15-2)
Mike Pyle (25-9-1) vs. TJ Waldburger (16-8)
Stephen Thompson (8-1) vs. Robert Whittaker (11-3)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 pm. PT)
Alexis Davis (15-5) vs. Jessica Eye (11-1)
Raphael Assuncao (21-4) vs. Pedro Munhoz (10-0)
Aljamain Sterling (8-0) vs. Cody Gibson (11-3)
Zach Makovsky (17-4) vs. Josh Sampo (11-2)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Erik Koch (13-3) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (15-6)
Ernest Chavez (6-0) vs. Yosdenis Cedeno (9-2)