TUF China featherweight final delayed due to injury; Phan-Lee elevated to main card

The Ultimate Fighter China featherweight final between Jiaping Yang and Guangyou Ning has been pulled from Saturday’s live finale due to injury, and taking its place on the main card will be Nam Phan facing Vaughan Lee. TUF China Finale

UFC officials announced the change on Monday and the event will go forward with nine fights.

The Ultimate Fighter China Finale will take place from the Venetian Macao’s CotaiArena on Saturday and will be headlined by a welterweight bout as Dong Hyun Kim meets John Hathaway.

Saturday’s card will be streamed live on Fight Pass with the preliminary card beginning at 6:15 a.m. ET/3:15 a.m. PT and the main card at 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT.

The current TUF China Finale fight card is below.

Main Card: (Fight Pass – 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT)
Dong Hyun Kim (18-2-1, 1 NC) vs. John Hathaway (17-1)
Sai Wang (6-4-1) vs. Lipeng Zhang (6-7-1) – TUF China Welterweight Final
Shawn Jordan (15-5) vs. Matt Mitrione (6-3)
Nam Phan (18-12) vs. Vaughan Lee (13-9-1)
Ivan Menjivar (25-11) vs. Hatsu Hioki (26-7-2)

Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 6:15 a.m. ET/3:15 a.m. ET)
Kazuki Tokudome (12-4-1) vs. Yui Chul Nam (17-4-1)
Zak Cummings (16-3) vs. Alberto Mina (10-0)
Albert Cheng (2-2) vs. Wang Anying (1-0)
Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-0) vs. Mark Eddiva (5-0)