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Wood (23-6) was originally scheduled to fight Mairon Santos on Sept. 5 at Accor Arena in Paris. However, Santos withdrew from the fight last week due to undisclosed reasons. Wood remained on the card, with the Ultimate Fighting Championship actively looking for a new opponent. The search is now over.
Pavel Andrusca steps in against Nathaniel Wood at UFC Paris after Mairon Santos withdraws
Undefeated Moldovan Pavel Andrusca (8-0) has now stepped up to make his UFC debut against Wood at UFC Paris, as reported by Marcel Dorff.
Wood is on a four-fight winning streak, beating surging prospects like Morgan Charriere, Jose Delgado and Losene Keita. The Englishman will look to foil Andrusca’s debut at UFC Paris and pick up his eighth win since moving up to the featherweight division.
Andrusca has finished seven of his eight career wins so far, with first-round knockouts in his last two fights under the UAE Warriors banner.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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