Tourney final postponed, Lee vs. Phan promoted to TUF China Finale main card

One of the tournament finals from “The Ultimate Fighter: China” has been postponed, and as a result, Saturday’s TUF China Finale event has a new main-card bout.

The featherweight tournament finale of Yang Jianping (6-3-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Ning Guangyou (3-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been scratched due to an injury to one of the competitors. A UFC official told MMAjunkie the bout will likely be rebooked for a future card in Asia.

As a result, a bantamweight bout between Nam Phan (18-12 MMA, 2-5 UFC) and Vaughan Lee (13-9-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has been promoted the event’s main card.

The promotion, though, is a dubious one since the entire fight card, which takes place at The Venetian Macao’s CotaiArena in Macau, streams on UFC Fight Pass. It’s the first event to stream on the UFC’s new digital network following the end of the free-trial period, which concludes Friday.

Saturday’s card, which comes with an early 6:15 a.m. ET (3:15 a.m. PT) start time, now has just nine bouts.

The latest TUF China Finale lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 8 a.m. ET)

• John Hathaway vs. Dong Hyun Kim
• Zhang Lipeng vs. Wang Sai – “TUF: China” welterweight tourney final
• Shawn Jordan vs. Matt Mitrione
• Vaughan Lee vs. Nam Phan
• Hatsu Hioki vs. Ivan Menjivar

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 5:45 a.m. ET)

• Yui Chul Nam vs. Kazuki Tokudome
• Zak Cummings vs. Alberto Mina
• Albert Cheng vs. Anying Wang
• Mark Eddiva vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun

For more on the TUF China Finale, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Vaughan Lee)