An injury has forced Jon Delos Reyes to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 43 against Richie Vaculik and taking his place in the bout will be UFC newcomer Roldan Sangcha-an.
The new fight booking was announced by the UFC on Monday and UFC officials confirmed to TheMMAReport.com that Reyes pulled out of the fight due to an injury.
UFC Fight Night 43 will come from the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as James Te-Huna meets Nate Marquardt.
Sangcha-an (4-0) made his MMA debut in 2012 and all of his wins have come by TKO/KO or submission. During 2013, he went 2-0 and his most recent win came in September against Ernesto Montilla at Pacific Extreme Combat 39 by rear-naked choke submission.
Vaculik (9-2) lost his official UFC debut in December against Justin Scoggins at UFC Fight Night 33 and the defeat snapped a five fight winning streak. In his career, all of his wins have come by stoppage with six of them coming by submission.
The current UFC Fight Night 43: Te-Huna vs. Marquardt fight card is below.
James Te-Huna (16-7) vs. Nate Marquardt (32-12-2)
Charles Oliveira (17-4, 1NC) vs. Hatsu Hioki (27-7-2)
Gian Villante (11-5) vs. Sean O’Connell (15-5)
Robert Whittaker (11-4) vs. Mike Rhodes (6-2)
Richie Vaculik (9-2) vs. Roldan Sangcha-an (4-0)
Soa Palelei (21-3) vs. Jared Rosholt (10-1)
Neil Magny (10-3) vs. Claudio Silva (10-1)
Daniel Hooker (10-4) vs. Ian Entwistle (8-1)