Zu Anyanwu Replaces Dmitriy Sosnovskiy at UFC Fight Night 116

MMA Junkie reports that Dana White’s Contendership Series 1 winner Zu Anyanwu (14-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will replace the injured Dmitriy Sosnovskiy (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 116. He will fight heavyweight Justin Ledet (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC). The event happens on Saturday at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Most of the card will air on FS1 after early preliminary fights on UFC Fight Pass.

Anyanwu’s training camp made the announcement on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Erikpurcell/status/906948838300291074

MAIN CARD (FS1, 10 p.m. ET)

Luke Rockhold vs. David Branch
Thiago Alves vs. Mike Perry
Hector Lombard vs. Anthony Smith
Gregor Gillespie vs. Jason Gonzalez
Sergio Moraes vs. Kamaru Usman
Zu Anyanwu vs. Justin Ledet

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Tony Martin vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Anthony Hamilton vs. Daniel Spitz
Uriah Hall vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Felipe Arantes vs. Luke Sanders

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS, 7:30 p.m. ET)
Gilbert Burns vs. Jason Saggo