Injury struck down yet another UFC fighter on Monday, as middleweight Daniel Sarafian was scratched from his June 6 bout against Ricardo Abreu.
The Las Vegas-based promotion today announced that Missourian Jake Collier has verbally agreed to face Abreu at the UFC Fight Night event in New Orleans. The nature of Sarafian’s injury was not specified.
The Fox Sports 1-broadcast card remains without a main event after Louisiana native Daniel Cormier was pulled from his headlining bout with Ryan Bader in order to compete at UFC 187.