Two changes to this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night event at TD Garden in Boston have taken place, with Mairbek Taisumov and Abdul-Kerim Edilov both being forced off the card.
Mehdi Baghdad will now be facing Chris Wade in a lightweight bout, taking the place of Taisumov. Baghdad was a competitor on season 22 of The Ultimate Fighter.
Also, Elvis Mutapcic will make his UFC debut against Brazil’s Francimar Barroso, replacing Abdul-Kerim Edilov.
This weekend’s Fight Night event is headlined by the UFC bantamweight title fight pitting TJ Dillashaw against Dominick Cruz, and can be seen on Fox Sports 1.