UFC on FOX 18 has three new match-ups, and one of them was made after an injury.
Joaquim Silva, slated to face Olivier Aubin-Mercier on Jan. 30, was forced out of the card with an undisclosed injury. With the change, fellow Brazilian Carlos Diego Ferreira will step in and take on the Tristar prospect in Newark, RDS first reported.
Ferreira (11-2), who entered the UFC as a promising lightweight and backed it up with a pair of finishes, has his back against the wall following losses to Beneil Dariush and Dustin Poirier.