Neil Magny replaces an injured Rick Story, meets Erick Silva next week in co-main event of UFC Fight Night 74

An undisclosed injury has forced Rick Story to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 74 co-main event bout against Erick Silva and stepping up on less than two weeks notice to face Silva will be Neil Magny.

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Jason Floyd – The MMA Report

The fight change was announced by the UFC on Tuesday.

UFC Fight Night 74 will come from the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on August 23 and will be headlined by a featherweight bout as Max Holloway meets Charles Oliveria.

Magny (15-4) enters this fight following a submission defeat at the beginning of the month against Demian Maia. The defeat snapped a seven fight winning streak and was his first defeat since 2013. Silva (18-5, 1NC) has won back to back fights and is 6-4 in the UFC. His most recent win came in March as he submitted Josh Koscheck and all of his wins in the UFC have come by stoppage in the first round.

The current UFC Fight Night 74: Holloway vs. Oliveira fight card lineup is below.

Main Card: (FOX Sports 1 – 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)
Max Holloway (13-3) vs. Charles Oliveira (20-4)
Erick Silva (18-5 1NC) vs. Neil Magny (15-4)
Patrick Cote (21-9) vs. Josh Burkman (28-12)
Chad Laprise (11-0) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (17-4)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (6-1) vs. Tony Sims (12-2)
Maryna Moroz (6-0) vs. Valerie Letourneau (7-3)

Preliminary Card: (FOX Sports 1 – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Sean O’Connell (16-6) vs. Daniel Jolly (5-0)
Yves Jabouin (20-10) vs. Felipe Arantes (16-7-1, 2NC)
Nikita Krylov (18-4) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (13-2-1)
Sam Stout (21-11-1) vs. Frankie Perez (9-2)

Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
Chris Kelades (8-2) vs. Chris Beal (10-1)
Shane Campbell (11-3) vs. Elias Silverio (11-1)