UFC Sao Paulo once again has a new main event. Originally, Glover Teixeira vs. Jimi Manuwa was set to main event the fight night card, but Teixeira was forced to back out due to injury. Thiago Santos replaced Teixeira, but now the event will be headlined by Santos vs. Eryk Anders at light heavyweight, sources told MMA Fighting after a report by MMAjunkie.
Jimi Manuwa was forced to back out due to injury as well. The UFC card takes place at the Ibirapuera gymnasium on Sept. 22 and airs live on FOX Sports 1.
The updated card can be seen below.
Thiago Santos vs. Eryk Anders
Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli
Sam Alvey vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Renan Barao vs. Andre Ewell
Randa Markos vs. Marina Rodriguez
Christos Giagos vs. Charles Oliveira
Evan Dunham vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Luis Henrique vs. Ryan Spann
Chase Sherman vs. Augusto Sakai
Sergio Moraes vs. Ben Saunders
Gillian Robertson vs. Marya Bueno Silva
Hector Lombard vs. Thales Leites
Elizeu Zaleski vs. Luigi Vendramini
Alex Chambers vs. Livia Renata Souza