Humberto Bandenay Out Of UFC Fight Night 121

MMA Junkie reports that Humberto Bandenay (14-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been forced to back out of a featherweight fight with Alex Volkanovski at UFC Fight Night 121. The event happens on November 19 from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. It airs in the US (due to the time change) on November 18, airing on FS1 after early preliminary fights on UFC Fight Pass. UFC will now seek a replacement for Bandenay, who himself was a replacement for Jeremy Kennedy. Here’s the current card:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Marcin Tybura
Joanne Calderwood vs. Bec Rawlings
Tim Means vs. Belal Muhammad
Daniel Kelly vs. Elias Theodorou
Alex Volkanovski vs. opponent TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Ryan Benoit vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian
Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz
Anthony Hamilton vs. Adam Wieczorek
Damien Brown vs. Frank Camacho

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET )
Alex Chambers vs. Nadia Kassem
Jenel Lausa vs. Eric Shelton
Jake Matthews vs. Bojan Velickovic
Rashad Coulter vs. Tai Tuivasa