Drakkar Klose will still compete next weekend, though he will have a new opponent with whom to share the octagon.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Jai Herbert has been scratched from his scheduled UFC Vegas 19 matchup with Klose for undisclosed reasons, and Luis Pena has agreed to step in on less than two weeks’ notice.
Verbal agreements are in place for the new 155 pound bout, which will take place at the UFC APEX.
Klose returns to action for the first time since March, when he was finished by Beneil Dariush in the second round of an action-packed fight at UFC 248.