The UFC's return to Brisbane took a hit Friday.
Both Abel Trujillo and Justin Scoggins are off the card at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir, the UFC announced. Trujillo has visa issues and will not be able to make his fight against Ross Pearson, while Scoggins is injured and out of his bout with Ben Nguyen.
The good news is that Chad Laprise has stepped in for Trujillo and will face Pearson. The fight between Scoggins and Nguyen has been called off.
Laprise (10-1), the Ultimate Fighter Nations winner, is coming off the first loss of his career to Francisco Trinaldo via first-round knockout in TKO last August.