Changes Made To UFC on FOX 26 In Winnipeg

MMA Junkie reports that several changes have been made to next week’s UFC on FOX 26, including the addition of new fights. The event happens on December 16 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It airs on FOX after preliminary fights on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Justin Scoggins (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) was forced to exit his fight with flyweight Tim Elliott (14-8-1 MMA, 3-6 UFC) due to a back injury and has been replaced by Pietro Menga (13-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Meanwhile, Josh Emmett (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will take on Ricardo Lamas (18-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in the co-main event. Lamas was set to fight Jose Aldo, but took a fight at UFC 218 this past weekend and lost to Max Holloway. Darren Stewart (7-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will replace Vitor Miranda (12-6 MA, 3-3 UFC) against middleweight Julian Marquez. Finally, welterweight Sultan Aliev (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is no longer fighting Nordine Taleb (13-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Sheldon Westcott (9-3-1 UFC, 1-2 UFC) is no longer fighting Danny Roberts (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC). Instead, Roberts and Taleb will fight each other.

MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)
Robbie Lawler vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Josh Emmett vs. Ricardo Lamas
Mike Perry vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Misha Cirkunov vs. Glover Teixeira

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 5 p.m. ET)
Jan Blachowicz vs. Jared Cannonier
Julian Marquez vs. Darren Stewart
Galore Bofando vs. Chad Laprise
Tim Elliott vs. Pietro Menga
John Makdessi vs. Abel Trujillo
Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Alessio Di Chirico

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET)
Jordan Mein vs. Erick Silva
Danny Roberts vs. Nordine Taleb