An undisclosed injury has forced Anthony Perosh to pull out of his light heavyweight fight at UFC Fight Night 43 against Gian Villante and taking his place in the fight will be Sean O’Connell.
The fight change was announced by the UFC on Tuesday evening.
UFC Fight Night 43 will come from the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as James Te-Huna meets Nate Marquardt.
O’Connell (15-5) made his UFC debut last month and was defeated by Ryan Jimmo at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale. The defeat snapped a six fight winning streak and his last defeat came in 2010 against Joseph Henle.
Villante (11-5) has dropped two of his three fights in the UFC since coming over from Strikeforce last year. After defeating Cody Donovan at UFC 167 late last year, he returned at UFC Fight Night 38 in March an lost a decision to Fabio Maldonado.
The current UFC Fight Night 43: Te-Huna vs. Marquardt fight card is below.
James Te-Huna (16-7) vs. Nate Marquardt (32-12-2)
Charles Oliveira (17-4, 1NC) vs. Hatsu Hioki (27-7-2)
Gian Villante (11-5) vs. Sean O’Connell (15-5)
Robert Whittaker (11-4) vs. Mike Rhodes (6-2)
Jon Delos Reyes (7-3) vs. Richie Vaculik (9-2)
Soa Palelei (21-3) vs. Jared Rosholt (10-1)