MMA-Today broke the news last week — and UFC officials confirmed Tuesday — that Calvin Kattar will replace Dooho Choi against Andre Fili on July 29th’s UFC 214 event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Kattar (16-2) heads into his promotional debut on an eight-fight win streak, including a decision victory over Chris Foster at CES MMA 38 in September. The 29-year-old boasts nine career wins by stoppage in 16 fights.
Filli (16-4) is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Hacran Dias at UFC Fight Night 96 in October. The 27-year-old has gone 4-3 during his UFC tenure.
Here’s an updated look at the card…
Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones – for light heavyweight title
Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Demian Maia – for welterweight title
Cristiane Justino vs. Tonya Evinger – for vacant women’s featherweight title
Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler
Jimi Manuwa vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Jason Knight vs. Ricardo Lamas
Renan Barao vs. Aljamain Sterling
Renato Moicano vs. Brian Ortega
Andre Fili vs. Calvin Kattar
Alexandra Albu vs. Kailin Curran
Jarred Brooks vs. Eric Shelton
Josh Burkman vs. Drew Dober
