UFC 317 has one other change simply days earlier than the pay-per-view occasion.
The promotion introduced that Sedriques Dumas is out of his scheduled middleweight matchup with newcomer Jackson McVey for undisclosed causes. Stepping in can be one other undefeated fighter making his UFC debut, Christopher Ewert.
MMA Junkie was first to report the change.
Ewert made his professional debut in December 2022 and in lower than three years makes his UFC debut on the promotion’s annual Worldwide Struggle Week card. The 31-year-old was slated to compete on Dana White’s Contender Collection in August, however now seems to enhance his file to 8-0. Ewert competed for Fury FC in his previous two fights, incomes a first-round knockout in opposition to AJ Chambers, and a call victory in opposition to Reese Watkins.
McVey has but to see a second spherical in his professional profession, ending all six of his opponents within the first spherical. The 26-year-old has solely seen a struggle transcend the 2 minute mark only one time.
UFC 317 is headlined by a vacant light-weight championship bout between former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and former 155-pound titleholder Charles Oliveira. Within the co-main occasion, Alexandre Pantoja defends his flyweight title in opposition to knockout artist Kai Kara-France.
