Ian Entwistle recently pulled out of his UFC Fight Night 72 bout against Marcus Brimage and the UFC has signed Jimmie Rivera to take the place on Entwistle in this bout.
The UFC has not officially announced the change, but Rivera confirmed he has signed with UFC and facing Brimage on social media.
UFC Fight Night 72 will come from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on July 18 and will be headlined by a middleweight bout as Michael Bisping meets Thales Leites.
Rivera (16-1) is the latest Cage Fury Fighting Championship fighter to sign with the UFC and he is currently on a 15 fight winning streak. His most recent win came against Carson Beebe in May by knockout and he has scored victories in Bellator and WSOF. Brimage (7-4) will enter this fight following a defeat to Cody Garbrandt at UFC 182. He has dropped three of his last four fights and has gone 1-2 in the UFC bantamweight division.
The current UFC Fight Night 72: Bisping vs. Leites fight card is below.
Michael Bisping (26-7) vs. Thales Leites (25-4)
Ross Pearson (17-8, 1NC) vs. Evan Dunham (15-6)
Joanne Calderwood (9-1) vs. Bec Rawlings (6-4)
Robert Whiteford (11-2) vs. Paul Redmond (10-5)
Leonardo Mafra (12-2) vs. Stevie Ray (17-5)
Joseph Duffy (13-1) vs. Ivan Jorge (26-4)
Leon Edwards (9-2) vs. Pawel Pawlak (11-1)
Ilir Latifi (9-4, 1NC) vs. Hans Stringer (22-6-3)
Paddy Holohan (11-1-1) vs. Vaughan Lee (14-10-1)
Daniel Omielanczuk (16-5-1, 1NC) vs. Chris De La Rocha (3-0)
Jake Matthews (8-1) vs. Mickael Lebout (13-4-1, 1NC)
Marcus Brimage (7-4) vs. Jimmie Rivera (16-1)