Stockholm newcomer Oliver Enkamp in for Emil Meek vs. Nordine Taleb at UFC Fight Night 109

After losing his opponent, Nordine Taleb will stay on the UFC’s card in Sweden later this month.

Norway’s Emil Meek (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) this past week said he had to pull out of his welterweight fight against Taleb (12-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 109. UFC officials confirmed his withdrawal today and announced Meek will be replaced by Stockholm’s own Oliver Enkamp (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

UFC Fight Night 109 takes place May 28 at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. The card airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Enkamp, a teammate of Ilir Latifi in Stockholm, has a perfect 7-0 start to his pro career. In April, he picked up the first knockout win of his career with a stoppage of Frodi Vitalis Hansen on a Superior Challenge show in his home city. Overall, he has five stoppages in his seven wins, including four submissions.

Taleb, a 35-year-old Bellator vet and former Ring of Combat champion, joined the UFC in 2014. The Frenchman and Tristar Gym fighter went 4-1 in his first five fights, which included a knockout win over Erick Silva. However, in his most recent appearance, he suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night 105 in February.

The 28-year-old Meek used a 2016 knockout win over Rousimar Palhares for a Venator FC welterweight title to score a UFC contract. In his promotional debut this past December, he picked up a unanimous-decision win over Jordan Mein, which marked his fourth straight victory. But now his momentum is put on hold.

With the change, the UFC Fight Night 109 card includes:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 1 p.m. ET)

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira
• Misha Cirkunov vs. Volkan Oezdemir
• Ben Saunders vs. Peter Sobotta
• Omari Akhmedov vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan
• Oliver Enkamp vs. Nordine Taleb
• Jack Hermansson vs. Alex Nicholson

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 11 a.m. ET)

• Pedro Munhoz vs. Damian Stasiak
• Jessin Ayari vs. Darren Till
• Chris Camozzi vs. Trevor Smith
• Nico Musoke vs. Bojan Velickovic

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 10 a.m. ET)

• Joaquim Silva vs. Mairbek Taisumov
• Damir Hadzovic vs. Marcin Held

For more on UFC Fight Night 109, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.