Dmitry Poberzhets has suffered an injury and has been pulled from UFC Fight Night London according to MMA NYT, replacing him against Mark Godbeer is going to be Dmitriy Sosnovskiy.
Godbeer (13-3-0) will come into the bout on a two fight winning streak and he hasn’t suffered a defeat in over a year. Godbeer also competed once under the Bellator MMA banner, losing to UFC veteran Cheick Kongo at Bellator 102. Godbeer has suffered three losses as a professional MMA fighter, with two coming by KO/TKO and the other coming by way of submission.
Sosnovskiy (10-0-0) is going to be making his UFC debut in this fight and does so on an undefeated streak that has lasted over five years. Sosnovskiy also returns to action for the first time in almost three years, with his last bout coming at Octagon Fighting Sensation 4 in May 2015. Sosnovskiy has seen eight of his ten professional MMA bouts end within the opening round, with six of those wins coming by KO/TKO.
UFC Fight Night London takes place on Saturday, March 17 from the 02 Arena in London, England with no main event announced at this time. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which streams live on UFC Fight Pass.
