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Niko Price will fight on less than one week’s notice at UFC Fight Night 266. | Getty/UFC
The UFC Fight Night 266 lineup has undergone a change with less than a week to go before the event.
The Las Vegas-based promotion announced on Monday that Niko Price will replace Jose Henrique and face Nikolay Veretennikov at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. UFC Fight Night 266 is headlined by a bantamweight clash pitting Mario Bautista against Vinicius Oliveira and airs in its entirety on Paramount+.
In Need of a Win
The 36-year-old Price has lost four of his last five Octagon appearances. In his lone outing of 2025, “The Hybrid” suffered a second-round submission defeat to Jacobe Smith at UFC 317 on June 28. Price debuted with the organization at UFC 207 in December 2016 and has compiled an 8-9 mark with two no contests during his tenure.
Veretennikov, meanwhile, has lost three of his four UFC bouts, with his lone victory coming against Francisco Prado last July. Most recently, the 36-year-old Kazakhstan native dropped a three-round verdict to Punahele Soriano at UFC 320.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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