A light heavyweight match between Ovince Saint Preux and highly touted prospect Alonzo Menifield will now serve as the co-main event for the upcoming UFC card on Aug. 22 from the APEX facility in Las Vegas.
UFC officials announced the pairing on Thursday.
The original co-main event for the card was removed in recent days after Yoel Romero was forced out of his scheduled bout against Uriah Hall due to undisclosed reasons.
Initially, Saint Preux was scheduled to face Shamil Gamzatov, but for the second time in the past few months, the fight was scrapped in the days leading up to the event.