Yan Cabral out of UFC on FOX 14, Mairbek Taisumov will now meet Anthony Christodoulou

Yan Cabral has pulled out of his UFC on FOX 14 bout against Mairbek Taisumov for unknown reasons and Taisumov will now meet UFC newcomer Anthony Christodoulou on the January 24th fight card. UFC on FOX 14

UFC officials announced the fight change on Tuesday.

UFC on FOX 14 will come from the Tele 2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and will be headlined by Alexander Gustafsson meets Anthony Johnson in a battle of top UFC light heavyweights.

Christodoulou (12-4) is currently on a seven fight winning streak and his last two wins have come by unanimous decision. Eight of his twelve wins have come by stoppage and six of those have come in the first round.

Taisumov (22-5) made his UFC debut at the beginning of the year and has won two of his three fights in the promotion. He is coming off a TKO win at UFC Fight Night 53 against Marcin Bandel and he has won five of his last six fights.

The current UFC on FOX 14: Gustafsson vs. Johnson fight card lineup is below.

Main Card: (FOX – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m PT)
Alexander Gustafsson (16-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (18-4)
Dan Henderson (30-12) vs. Gegard Mousasi (35-5-2)
Phil Davis (13-2, 1NC) vs. Ryan Bader (18-4)
Akira Corassani (12-5, 1NC) vs. Sam Sicilia (13-5)

Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT)
Nico Musoke (13-3, 1NC) vs. Albert Tumenov (14-2)
Sultan Aliev (13-1) vs. Kenny Robertson (14-3)
Andy Ogle (9-5) vs. Mawan Amirkhani (10-2)
Stanislav Nedkov (12-1, 1NC) vs. Nikita Krylov (17-4)
Mairbek Taisumov (22-5) vs. Anthony Christodoulou (12-4)
Konstantin Erokhin (9-1) vs. Viktor Pesta (9-1)

Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT)
Mirsad Bektic (8-0) vs. Alan Omer (18-4)
Neil Seery (14-10) vs. Chris Beal (10-0)