UFC officials announced on Monday that Nik Lentz has been tabbed to replace Gamburyan against Hacran Dias in a featherweight clash at UFC on FX 8. “The Anvil” also was forced to pull out of a proposed meeting with Chad Mendes at UFC 157.
UFC on FX 8 takes place on May 18 at the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil and is headlined by a key middleweight encounter between Vitor Belfort and Luke Rockhold.
Dias has tasted defeat just once in 23 professional appearances, most recently taking a three-round verdict over Iuri Alcantara in his initial Octagon appearance at UFC 147. Lentz, meanwhile, is 2-0 since dropping from lightweight to featherweight last year, defeating Eiji Mitsuoka and Diego Nunes in his last two outings.
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