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Andre Fili replaces Brian Ortega, meets Hacran Dias at UFC Fight Night 96

Hacran Dias has a new opponent for his featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night 96 on October 1 in Portland as Andre Fili is replacing an injured Brian Ortega.

The fight change was made official by the UFC on Wednesday.

UFC Fight Night 96 will come from the Moda Center and will be headlined by a bantamweight bout as John Lineker meets John Dodson.

Fili (15-4) is coming off a knockout defeat in April against Yair Rodriguez and he is 3-3 in the UFC. Dias (23-4-1) is also coming off a lost as he lost a decision in April at UFC on FOX 19 against Cub Swanson.

The current UFC Fight Night 96: Lineker vs. Dodson fight card is below.

John Lineker (28-7) vs. John Dodson (18-7)
Will Brooks (19-1) vs. Alex Oliveira (15-3-1)
Hacran Dias (23-4-1) vs. Andre Fili (15-4)
Louis Smolka (11-1) vs. Sergio Pettis (14-2)
Josh Burkman (28-13) vs. Bobby Green (23-7)
Tamdan McCrory (14-4) vs. Nate Marquardt (34-15-2)
Walt Harris (8-4) vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (16-3)
Kelly Faszholz (3-1) vs. Ketlen Vieira (6-0)
Henrique da Silva (11-0) vs. Joachim Christensen (13-3)