Corey Anderson is now on his third opponent at UFC 181 as he will now meet Justin Jones on the December 6th card in Las Vegas.
UFC officials announced the new fight booking on Monday and stated that Jonathan Wilson pulled out of the fight with Anderson due to an undisclosed reason.
UFC 181 will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be headlined by a title rematch as Johny Hendricks defends the UFC welterweight title against Robbie Lawler.
Jones (3-0) turned professional at the beginning of the year and is coming off a submission win at RFA 15 against John Hackleman Jr. He was scheduled to be on the RFA 21 card on December 5th and all of his wins have come by stoppage.
Anderson (4-0) was a member of Team Edgar during The Ultimate Fighter 19 and defeated Matt Van Buren at the live finale to win the light heavyweight tournament. He won the fight by TKO in the first round and it was his third victory to come by TKO in the opening round.
The updated UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Johny Hendricks (16-2) vs. Robbie Lawler (24-10, 1NC)
Anthony Pettis (17-2) vs. Gilbert Melendez (22-3)
Travis Browne (16-2-1) vs. Brendan Schaub (10-4)
Todd Duffee (8-2) vs. Anthony Hamilton (12-3)
Tony Ferguson (16-3) vs. Abel Trujillo (12-5, 1NC)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Urijah Faber (31-7) vs. Francisco Rivera (10-3, 1NC)
Eddie Gordon (7-1) vs. Josh Samman (10-2)
Corey Anderson (4-0) vs. Justin Jones (3-0)
Raquel Pennington (4-4) vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith (3-0)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Sergio Pettis (11-1) vs. Matt Hobar (9-2)
Alex White (10-1) vs. Clay Collard (13-5, 1NC)