Costa Philippou recently pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 59 bout against Uriah Hall due to an injury and Hall will now meet UFC newcomer Louis Taylor on the January 18th fight card.
The fight change was reported on Friday by MMA Fighting and the UFC officially announced the change on Saturday 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.
Taylor (11-3) is currently on a four fight winning streak and he is coming off a submission win against former UFC fighter Brian Houston. During his winning streak, all of the wins have come in the first round and the last three have come by guillotine choke. Hall (9-4) has won back to back fights after dropping his first two fights in the UFC. His most recent win came in July as he defeated Thiago Santos by decision.
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. Eddie Alvarez (25-4)
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)