The UFC wasted no time in erasing Thiago Silva from their roster following the light heavyweight’s arrest. Unfortunately for Ovince St. Preux (pictured), that left him hanging for the past 24 hours.
St. Preux can sleep easy tonight (or perhaps not), as he’s been issued his new assignment for UFC 171. Heavyweight Nikita Krylov has agreed to shed some excess pounds to fight St. Preux on March 15.
UFC officials announced the swap Friday night.
Krylov is less than two weeks removed from collecting his first Octagon W in a TKO victory over Walt Harris. “Al Capone” has alternated between wins and losses over his past five outings.
St. Preux will be riding a three-fight winning streak into the tango. The former Strikeforce star was last seen in August knocking out Cody Donovan.
American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas hosts the festivities.
Here is the card’s current lineup:
Daniel Pineda vs. Robert Whiteford
Frank Trevino vs. Renee Forte Teixeira
Bubba McDaniel vs. Tor Troeng
Jessica Andrade vs. Raquel Pennington
Justin Scoggins vs. William Campuzano
Sean Spencer vs. Alex Garcia
Jimy Hettes vs. Dennis Bermudez
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Rick Story
Ovince St. Preux vs. Nikita Krylov
Hector Lombard vs. Jake Shields
Myles Jury vs. Diego Sanchez
Tyron Woodley vs. Carlos Condit
Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks (for vacant UFC welterweight title)
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