After the news of James Krause’s (23-7) withdrawal from his scheduled fight with Ross Pearson (19-12) broke, the Ultimate Fighting Championships have this morning taken to social media to announce who will replace the 30-year old American.
Up steps Stevie Ray (19-6) who will take on Pearson in a fight that will serve as the co-main event for next months UFC Belfast (Fight Night 99) card which takes place at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern.
The 26-year old Scotsman started life inside the octagon with a bang racking up 3 wins in a row before suffering his first loss since joining the promotion at the hands of Alan Patrick at UFC Fight Night 95 last month.
Now the former BAMMA and Cage Warriors lightweight champion will look to get back on track with a win over fellow Brit Pearson.
Sunderland born Person will also enter this contest looking to stop a 2-fight slide that has seen the Alliance MMA trained fighter suffer unanimous decision losses to former Bellator lightweight champions Will Brooks and most recently Jorge Masvidal at UFC 201.
Updated UFC Fight Night 99 Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Gegard Mousasi vs. Uriah Hall
Ross Pearson vs. Stevie Ray
Timothy Johnson vs. Alexander Volkov
Artem Lobov vs. Teruto Ishihara
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery
Magnus Cedenblad vs. Jack Marshman
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ali Bagautinov
Kevin Lee vs. Magomed Mustafaev
Anna Elmose vs. Amanda Cooper
Justin Ledet vs. Mark Godbeer
Zak Cummings vs. Alexander Yakovlev
Marion Reneau vs. Milana Dudieva
