Edmen Shahbazyan has received a new opponent for UFC 244.
He was scheduled to take on Krzysztof Jotko, but the Polish fighter had to withdraw from the contest due to injury .Stepping up will be Brad Tavares, who was originally supposed to face Ian Heinisch at UFC Fight Night 162 in Singapore one week prior. MMAjunkie.com was first to report the news. UFC 244 goes down on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York and is headlined by a welterweight fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz.