Sheldon Westcott out at UFC Fight Night 104, Alex Morono needs welterweight opponent in Houston

Canadian welterweight Sheldon Westcott has been forced to withdraw from next month’s UFC Fight Night 104 event, and UFC officials are currently searching for a replacement opponent for Alex Morono.

MMAjunkie today confirmed Westcott’s withdrawal with UFC officials.

UFC Fight Night 104 takes place Feb. 4 at Toyota Center in Houston. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

“The Great White” Morono fought most recently at December’s UFC on FOX 22, where he scored a hard-fought decision win over James Moontasri. It was the 26-year-old’s second victory in two career trips to the octagon, and he now boasts an overall seven-fight winning streak.

Meanwhile, Westcott was a finalist on “The Ultimate Fighter: Nations” who lost the 2014 tournament final to Elias Theodorou. Westcott then fought just once in 2015 and suffered a decision loss to Pawel Pawlak. The 32-year-old fought just once in 2016, as well, and picked up a first-round TKO win over Edgar Garcia at January’s UFC 195 event.

A timetable for his return wasn’t immediately established.

With the change to the card, UFC Fight Night 104 now includes:

• Dennis Bermudez vs. Chan Sung Jung
• Alexa Grasso vs. Felice Herrig
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Evan Dunham vs. Abel Trujillo
• Justin Ledet vs. Dmitriy Sosnovskiy
• Curtis Blaydes vs. Adam Milstead
• Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Chas Skelly
• Johnny Case vs. James Vick
• Daniel Jolly vs. Khalil Rountree
• Alex Morono vs. opponent TBA
• Bec Rawlings vs. Tecia Torres
• Ricardo Lucas Ramos vs. Michinori Tanaka
• Jessica Andrade vs. Angela Hill

For more on UFC Fight Night 104, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.