Donald Cerrone is coming off a decision win on Saturday night against Myles Jury and he already has his next fight booked as he will be replacing Eddie Alvarez against Benson Henderson at UFC Fight Night 59 in 13 days.
UFC President Dana White announced the change on his Instagram page on Monday evening.
UFC Fight Night 59 will come from the TD Garden in Boston on January 18th and will be headlined by a featherweight bout as Conor McGregor meets Dennis Siver.
This will be the third time that Cerrone and Henderson will meet as the two previous meetings came in the WEC with Henderson winning both of the fights. Their last meeting took place at WEC 48 and Henderson won by submission.
The current UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver fight card is below.
Main Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Conor McGregor (16-2) vs. Dennis Siver (22-9, 1NC)
Benson Henderson (21-4) vs. Donald Cerrone (26-6, 1NC)
Uriah Hall (9-4) vs. Louis Taylor (11-3)
Norman Parke (20-2-1) vs. Gleison Tibau (30-10)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Cathal Pendred (15-2-1) vs. Sean Spencer (12-3)
John Howard (22-10) vs. Lorenz Larkin (14-4, 1NC)
Zhang Lipeng (8-7-1) vs. Chris Wade (8-1)
Patrick Holohan (10-1-1) vs. Shane Howell (13-8)
Johnny Case (19-4) vs. Frankie Perez (9-1)
Charles Rosa (9-1) vs. Sean Soriano (8-2)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
Matt Van Buren (6-3) vs. Sean O’Connell (15-6)
Tateki Matsuda (10-6) vs. Joby Sanchez (6-1)