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Bellator vet Christian Edwards will make his UFC debut on Saturday. | Bellator MMA/Lucas Noonan
The UFC Vegas 117 bill has undergone some more changes ahead of Saturday’s event.
The promotion announced on Tuesday that Rodolfo Bellato has been “removed” from a proposed light heavyweight clash against Modestas Bukauskas. As a result, Christian Edwards will step in and face Bukauskas in a 215-pound catchweight affair.
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Additionally, Nicolas Dalby has been pulled from a welterweight matchup with Jeremiah Wells, and that bout has been canceled. Those changes are in addition to a previously reported change that saw Artur Miniev replace Thomas Gantt in a lightweight contest.
UFC Vegas 117 — also known as UFC Fight Night 276 — takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a featherweight scrap between Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa. The event airs in its entirety on Paramount+ beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.
Edwards is an eight-time Bellator veteran who has been victorious in three of his last four outings on the regional scene. Most recently, he scored a second-round TKO against Glendal Whitney at Shamrock FC 373 on Feb. 21.
Bukauskas had a four-bout winning streak snapped in his last Octagon appearance, when he suffered a third-round KO defeat to Nikita Krylov at UFC 324.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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