Tai Tuivasa has a new opponent for UFC Fight Night 275 in Perth, Western Australia, with Louie Sutherland stepping in after Sean Sharaf withdrew due to injury.
UFC officials announced on Friday that Sutherland will replace Sharaf in the heavyweight bout at RAC Arena, keeping Tuivasa on the card in his home country.
Both Sutherland and the sidelined Sharaf enter this matchup still searching for their first UFC victory after losing their first two fights with the promotion.
Tuivasa is on a six-fight losing streak and has not won in more than four years. His last victory was a knockout of Derrick Lewis at UFC 271, which capped a five-fight winning streak.
Sutherland heads to Perth after being submitted by Valter Walker in October and suffering a first-round knockout loss to Brando Pericic in London a month before this report.
