Britain’s Harry Hardwick will make his UFC debut on Saturday in Paris after accepting a fight on only five days’ notice.
Hardwick, 30, was approached on Monday about fighting Brazil’s Kaue Fernandes in a lightweight bout.
Cage Warriors featherweight champion Hardwick has a record of 13 wins, three losses and a draw in MMA and is on an unbeaten streak of eight bouts in Cage Warriors.
Englishman Hardwick replaces Frenchman Fares Ziam, who withdrew on Monday after his grandmother died.