Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos out, Jack Marshman meets Bradley Scott at UFC-London

A late change has created a shuffle in the lineup for the UFC’s return to London next month.

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (18-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is out of his middleweight fight against Jack Marshman (22-7 MMA, 2-2 UFC). Stepping in will be Bradley Scott (11-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC). UFC officials announced the change today.

UFC Fight Night 127 takes place March 17 at The O2 in London. The entire card streams on UFC Fight Pass, though the full fight lineup and bout order haven’t been finalized.

Scott, from England, will be trying to rebound from a TKO loss to Jack Hermansson this past August in Mexico. He has alternated wins and losses in his past eight fights, including all seven of his bouts in the UFC.

Marshman, from Wales, has alternated wins and losses in his four fights since coming to the UFC as Cage Warriors’ middleweight champion. He debuted in the promotion with a bonus-winning TKO of Magnus Cedenblad in November 2016, but was stopped by Thiago Santos his next time out. He rebounded with a decision over Ryan Janes this past July, but was submitted by Antonio Carlos Junior in October in Brazil.

Dos Santos, from Brazil, has won four straight fights after starting his UFC tenure with a split-decision loss to Nicolas Dalby in May 2015. Since then, he has three “Fight of the Night” bonuses from a TKO of Omari Akhmedov and decisions over Lyman Good and Max Griffin. But now his momentum is put on hold.

The latest UFC Fight Night 127 card includes:

• Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Volkov
• Jan Blachowicz vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Leon Edwards vs. Peter Sobotta
• Charles Byrd vs. John Phillips
• Oliver Enkamp vs. Danny Roberts
• Hakeem Dawodu vs. Danny Henry
• Jack Marshman vs. Bradley Scott
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Paul Craig
• Mark Godbeer vs. Dmitry Poberezhets
• Nasrat Haqparast vs. Alex Reyes
• Kajan Johnson vs. Stevie Ray
• Tom Duquesnoy vs. Terrion Ware

For more on UFC Fight Night 127, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.