Derrick "D-Rock" Krantz is stepping in on less than one week's notice to fight Vicente "The Silent Assassin" Luque at UFC Rochester but is still confident that he'll prove victorious this Saturday. Krantz is replacing the 13th-ranked Neil Magny who was pulled from the card on Monday for a USADA violation.
Making his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut, the 24-10 welterweight is not surprised by the haphazard manner in which he'll be introduced to the Octagon. "This is pretty much how I saw myself getting into the UFC, just taking some crazy, short-notice fight, and showing all these welterweights what's up," Krantz told The Score's James Lynch.