Claudio Silva has pulled out of his UFC 186 bout against Nordine Taleb due to a broken foot and Taleb will now meet Chris Clements.
UFC officials announced the change on Tuesday.
UFC 186 will come from the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 25 and will be headlined by a title rematch as T.J. Dillashaw defends the bantamweight title against Renan Barao.
Clements (12-5, 1NC) made his UFC debut in 2012 and he has gone 2-1, 1NC in the promotion. His most recent fight came in November as he defeated Vik Grujic by TKO. Taleb (10-2) has won both of his official fights in the UFC an the most recent win came in October against Li Jingliang. Both of his wins in the UFC have come by decision and his last stoppage victory came in 2012 against Matt MacGrath in Bellator.
The current UFC 186: Dillashaw vs. Barao II fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
T.J. Dillashaw (11-2) vs. Renan Barao (33-2, 1NC)
Demetrious Johnson (21-2-1) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (15-1)
Quinton Jackson (35-11) vs. Fabio Maldonaldo (22-7)
Michael Bisping (25-7) vs. C.B. Dolloway (15-6)
Thomas Almeida (17-0) vs. Yves Jabouin (20-9)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Patrick Cote (20-9) vs. Joe Riggs (40-15, 1NC)
Sarah Kaufman (17-2, 1NC) vs. Alexis Davis (16-6)
Chad Laprise (10-0) vs. Bryan Barberena (10-2)
Abel Trujillo (12-6, 1NC) vs. John Makdessi (12-3)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (6-1) vs. David Michaud (8-1)
Nordine Taleb (10-2) vs. Chris Clements (12-5, 1NC)
Jessica Rakoczy (1-4) vs. Valerie Letourneau (6-3)