“The Dirty Bird” is making the flight to The Land Down Under.
Veteran welterweight Tim Means has agreed to step in as a replacement for Jesse Taylor to fight Belal Muhammad in a welterweight bout at UFC Sydney. Taylor was removed from the scheduled bout after he was flagged for a potential USADA violation on Sept. 13.
The news was first reported by MMA Today, and confirmed by the UFC on Thursday.
Means (27-8-1, 1 NC) was last seen winning a unanimous decision over Alex Garcia at UFC Oklahoma City in June.