Mirsad Bektic has a new opponent for next week’s UFC 204 in Manchester, England as Jeremy Kennedy will be replacing Arnold Allen in the opening bout of the main card on pay-per-view.
The fight change was made official by the UFC on Saturday morning.
UFC 204 will come from the Manchester Arena on October 8 and will be headlined by a rematch as Michael Bisping defends the UFC middleweight title against Dan Henderson.
Kennedy (9-0) won his UFC debut at UFC on FOX 21 in August against Alessandro Ricci and five of his nine wins have come by stoppage. Bektic (10-0) made his UFC debut in 2014 and this will be his first fight since defeating Lucas Martins last year at UFC Fight Night 67.
The current UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson II fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Michael Bisping (30-7) vs. Dan Henderson (32-14)
Vitor Belfort (25-12) vs. Gegard Mousasi (39-6)
Ovince Saint Preux (19-8) vs. Jimi Manuwa (15-2)
Stefan Struve (27-8) vs. Daniel Omielanczuk (19-5-1, 1NC)
Mirsad Bektic (10-0) vs. Arnold Allen (11-1)
Preliminary Card: (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Brad Pickett (26-11) vs. Iuri Alcantara (37-7, 1NC)
Ian Entwistle (9-3) vs. Rob Font (12-2)
Davey Grant (10-2) vs. Damian Stasiak (10-2)
Leon Edwards (11-3) vs. Albert Tumenov (17-3)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 6:15 p.m. ET/3:15 p.m. PT)
Danny Roberts (13-1) vs. Mike Perry (8-0)
Leonardo Santos (15-4) vs. Adriano Martins (28-7)
Reza Madadi (14-4) vs. Marc Diakiese (9-0)