UFC Vegas 108 has completed a major change in the main event of Fight Night less than a week.
Amir Albazi was not medically released to compete while he returned from a defeat in November.
His planned meeting with Tatsuro Taira came with a bet for the flight weight division, in which the #4-ranked competition was placed against #6 with both men who came out of losses.
While the UFC has explored other options, a replacement opponent eventually came in with Taira who now abandoned Hyun Sung Park.
The matchup may no longer contain two top candidates who collide, but this is still set to mark a milestone for the UFC when it takes place on 2 August.
Hyun Sung Park is the first road to UFC -graduated to head a UFC card
Hyun Sung Park has earned his first UFC head event after compiling some impressive versions before replacing Amir Albazi.
'Peace of Mind' was originally planned to be former title -seconder Steve Erceg during next weekend's event, which shows that the UFC clearly wanted to give an opponent at a high level for his next outing.
The 29-year-old went to the schedule by competing on the first season of the Promotion's Road to UFC tournament.
With the winner of each “win-and-advance” tournament that earns a UFC contract, there have already been three completed seasons with the semi-final of season 4 that takes place this month.
Hyun Sung Park won the flight weight bracket of season one and ended all three of his opponents before he produced back-to-back victories in the Octagon.
As a result, this weekend at the UFC Apex will serve as a milestone moment for the series where it produces his first hunter to have a UFC event.
Road to UFC's next goal is to produce a title -Uitdager
If Hyun Sung Park can beat Tatsuro Taira in the short term, the flight weight division suddenly has a new name that is directly in the title photo.
Road to UFC gives the promotion a different way to make exciting talent compete against each other to see what his place deserves in the Roster.
The Contender Series of Dana White remains the most important way in which the UFC signs new hunters, and although that system takes up a lot of schedule, it has produced three UFC champions.
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Road to UFC signs considerably fewer hunters per season, but that only makes it more impressive if fighters such as Hyun Sung Park can continue and have major consequences.