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Leonardo Silva replaces Reza Madadi, set to face Rustam Khabilov at UFC Fight Night 93

There are some changes afoot for the UFC Fight Night 93 event, which takes place in Hamburg, Germany.

The UFC announced that Leonardo Silva will replace Reza Madadi and now face Rustam Khabilov in a lightweight bout on Sept. 3.

The 30-year-old Silva is coming off a narrow split-decision loss against Jason Saggo at UFC Fight Night 89 in Ottawa. Before then the Brazilian had been riding a four-fight unbeaten streak, scoring wins over Charlie Brenneman, Lewis Gonzalez and Efrain Escudero. He also had a win over Drew Dober converted into a no-contest due to a referee mistake.