UFC lightweight Efrain Escudero (13-1) is set to face Charles Oliveira on Wednesday night at the UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares event, which will be broadcast live on Spike TV for free.
Escudero was expected to face John Gunderson who was forced to withdraw from the fight. Matt Wiman was then named as Escudero’s opponent, but an injury forced him to drop out too. It was a rough 48 hours for Escudero waiting to see if the UFC would find him an opponent.
Now he’ll face the 13-0 Oliveira, who is coming off a slick submission win in his UFC debut at UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko. Oliveira submitted Darren Elkins via armbar at 41 seconds of the first round, earning the Brazilian the “Submission of the Night” bonus.
HT: MMAWeekly.com