An undisclosed injury has forced Leo Kuntz to pull out of his UFC Fight Night 45 bout against Yosdenis Cedeno and replacing Kuntz in the bout will be Jerrod Sanders.
The fight change was announced by the UFC on Monday evening and a UFC official confirmed to TheMMAReport.com that Kuntz pulled out of the fight with an injury.
UFC Fight Night 45 will come from the Ovation Hall inside the Revel Casino on July 16th and will be headlined by Donald Cerrone meeting Jim Miller in a five round lightweight bout.
Sanders (14-1) is currently on a twelve fight winning streak and was scheduled to meet Alexandre Pimental on Saturday afternoon at World Series of Fighting 11. TheMMAReport.com learned following the UFC announcement that Sanders was released from his contract with the World Series of Fighting and Pimental will not receive a new opponent for Saturday’s card.
Cedeno (9-3) lost his UFC debut in February against Ernest Chavez and the defeat snapped a six fight winning streak. Six of his nine professional victories have come by TKO/KO and two of his three defeats are by decision.
The current UFC Fight Night 45: Cerrone vs. Miller fight card is below.
Donald Cerrone (23-6, 1NC) vs. Jim Miller (24-4, 1NC)
John Lineker (19-6) vs. Alptekin Ozkilic (9-2)
Rick Story (16-8) vs. Leonardo Mafra Teixeira (11-1)
Pat Healy (29-19, 1NC) vs. Gleison Tibau (28-10)
Edson Barboza (13-2) vs. Evan Dunham (14-5)
Aljamain Sterling (9-0) vs. Hugo Viana (8-2)
Lucas Martins (14-1) vs. Alex White (10-0)
Joe Proctor (9-2) vs. Justin Salas (12-5)
Jessamyn Duke (3-1, 1NC) vs. Leslie Smith (6-5-1)
Claudia Gadelha (11-0) vs. Tina Lahdemaki (5-0)
Yosdeis Cedeno (9-3) vs. Jarrod Sanders (14-1)