An undisclosed injury has forced Konstantin Erokhin to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 72 bout against Daniel Omielanczuk and stepping in to replace Erokhin will be UFC newcomer Chris De La Rocha.
UFC officials announced the new fight booking today.
UFC Fight Night 72 will come from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on July 18 and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Michael Bisping meets Thales Leites.
Rocha (3-0) made his pro debut in 2013 and all of his wins have come by stoppage. His most recent win came in July of last year when he defeated D.J. Linderman by TKO in the first round. Omielanczuk (16-5-1, 1NC) has dropped back to back fights after winning his UFC debut in 2013 against Nandor Guelmino. His most recent defeat came in April when he lost a decision against Anthony Hamilton.
The current UFC Fight Night 72: Bisping vs. Leites fight card is below.
Michael Bisping (26-7) vs. Thales Leites (25-4)
Ross Pearson (17-8, 1NC) vs. Evan Dunham (15-6)
Joanne Calderwood (9-1) vs. Bec Rawlings (6-4)
Robert Whiteford (11-2) vs. Paul Redmond (10-5)
Leonardo Mafra (12-2) vs. Stevie Ray (17-5)
Joseph Duffy (13-1) vs. Ivan Jorge (26-4)
Leon Edwards (9-2) vs. Pawel Pawlak (11-1)
Ilir Latifi (9-4, 1NC) vs. Hans Stringer (22-6-3)
Paddy Holohan (11-1-1) vs. Vaughan Lee (14-10-1)
Daniel Omielanczuk (16-5-1, 1NC) vs. Chris De La Rocha (3-0)
Jake Matthews (8-1) vs. Mickael Lebout (13-4-1, 1NC)
Marcus Brimage (7-4) vs. TBD