UFC Paris has taken a few hits, however the lineup is staying principally intact due to some artistic matchmaking.
On Wednesday, the UFC introduced that following the withdrawal of Muin Gafurov (visa points) and Lucas Almeida (harm) from Saturday’s card, Taylor Lapilus (18-3) now fights Caolan Loughran (8-0) in a bantamweight bout, whereas William Gomis (12-2) fights Yanis Ghemmouri (12-1) in a featherweight bout.
Lapilus was initially scheduled to battle Gafurov, Gomis was to battle Almeida, and Loughran and Ghemmori have been presupposed to battle one another at 135 kilos.
That is excellent news for all fighters concerned, particularly Lapilus, who seems to be to make a profitable return to the UFC after parting methods with the promotion in 2016. Lapilus really left the UFC with a 3-1 document and coming off of a win and has continued to search out success on the worldwide scene the place has received seven of his previous eight fights.
Loughran makes his UFC debut following a formidable run in Cage Warriors, the place he captured a bantamweight title and went 4-0, all by TKO.
Gomis seems to be to go 3-0 within the UFC after successful his first two fights for the promotion by choice, whereas Ghemmouri makes his first stroll to the octagon on a nine-fight win streak.
UFC Paris takes place at Accor Enviornment on Saturday and is headlined by a heavyweight contenders conflict between Ciryl Gane and Serghei Spivac.
Mike Heck contributed to this report.
