Shawn Jordan will replace Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at next month’s UFC 149 event in Calgary.
MMAjunkie.com reports that Nogueira has pulled out as a result of his broken arm not being fully healed.
Jordan (13-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on heavyweight Cheick Kongo (17-7-2 MMA, 10-5-1 UFC) on the main card July 21 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Nogueira suffered the injury during a loss against Frank Mir at UFC 140 last December in Toronto.
Jordan won in his UFC debut over Oli Thompson via TKO at UFC on FX 2 in March.
