Benito Lopez vs. Ricky Simon Bumped Up to the Main Card for UFC 227

With Alexander Gustafsson off UFC 227, UFC announced that bantamweights Benito Lopez (9-0) and Ricky Simon (13-1) would be moved to the main card, according to MMAjunkie.

An additional lineup change will be added before the event with a preliminary card bout from UFC Fight Pass will be moved up to the prelims on FS1 to replace the Lopez-Simon fight.

UFC 227 will take place August 4 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The updated UFC 227 lineup now stands:

Champ T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt – for flyweight title
Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo – for bantamweight title
J.J. Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana
Renato Moicano vs. Cub Swanson
Benito Lopez vs. Ricky Simon
Brett Johns vs. Pedro Munhoz
Irene Aldana vs. Bethe Correia
Sheymon Moraes vs. Matt Sayles
Alex Perez vs. Jose Torres
Kyung Ho Kang vs. Ricardo Ramos
Danielle Taylor vs. Weili Zhang
Wuliji Buren vs. Marlon Vera