With Justin Scoggins being forced out of a planned main card opener with Ian McCall at UFC 201 Saturday night, officials announced two changes to the fight card.
Flyweights Ryan Benoit and Fredy Serrano will now kick-start the pay-per-view portion of the night from Atlanta and the Philips Arena, while heavyweights Anthony Hamilton and Damian Grabowski have been elevated from the UFC Fight Pass prelims to the televised FOX Sports 2 portion of the lineup.
Scoggins was well over the flyweight limit Thursday night when his body stopped working correctly. Instead of moving fighters around, the UFC just took McCall off the lineup completely.
Below is the card for Saturday night:
MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)
UFC Welterweight Championship
Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Tyron WoodleyKarolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Rose Namajunas
Matt Brown vs. Jake Ellenberger
Erik Perez vs. Francisco Rivera
Ryan Benoit vs. Fredy Serrano
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS2/8 p.m. ET)
Ed Herman vs. Nikita Krylov
Jorge Masvidal vs. Ross Pearson
Damian Grabowski vs. Anthony Hamilton
Wilson Reis vs. Hector Sandoval
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/7 p.m. ET)
Michael Graves vs. Bojan Velickovic
Cesar Arzamendia vs. Damien Brown
