Wilson Reis has a new opponent for next Saturday’s UFC 201 as he will now meet UFC newcomer Hector Sandoval in a flyweight bout.
The fight change was announced by the UFC on Monday.
UFC 201 will come from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and will be headlined by a title fight as Robbie Lawler defends the UFC welterweight title against Tyron Woodley.
Sandoval (12-2) enters the UFC on a four fight winning streak and is coming off a TKO win in March against Eloy Garza at Global Knockout 6. Since losing his pro debut in 2008, he has gone 12-1 and five of those wins have come by stoppage. Reis (20-6) has won three of his last four fights and he is coming off a decision win against Dustin Ortiz in January.
The current UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley fight card is below.
Robbie Lawler (27-10, 1NC) vs. Tyron Woodley (15-3)
Rose Namajunas (5-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (9-0)
Matt Brown (20-14) vs. Jake Ellenberger (30-11)
Francisco Rivera (11-6, 1NC) vs. Erik Perez (15-6)
Nikita Krylov (20-4) vs. Ed Herman (23-11, 1NC)
Anthony Hamilton (14-5) vs. Damian Grabowski (20-3)
Michael Graves (6-0) vs. Bojan Velickovic (14-3)
Jorge Masvidal (29-11) vs. Ross Pearson (19-11, 1NC)
Wilson Reis (20-6) vs. Hector Sandoval (12-2)
Cesar Arzamendia (7-2) vs. Damien Brown (15-9)
Ian McCall (13-5-1) vs. Justin Scoggins (11-2)