Just 11 days after shutting down Wanderlei Silva prospect Jorge Lopez at UFC Fight Night 23, welterweight Justin Edwards accepted on Wednesday a fight against John Maguire at UFC 138 on Nov. 5 in Birmingham, England.
Edwards is a replacement for the injured James Head. Maguire is also a recent addition to the UFC 138 card, signing on last week to replace Mark Scanlon against Head.
Edwards (7-1), a contestant on season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, lost his UFC debut in a split decision to Clay Harvison in June, but bounced back two weeks ago with a unanimous decision over Lopez, snapping the Team Wand fighter’s 10-fight win streak.
Maguire (16-3) is UK-based submission fighter who will be making his UFC debut. Fighting out of the Tsunami Gym, he has held the Cage Rage UK and OMMAC titles.
UFC 138, headlined by the promotion’s first five-round, non-title fight, Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz, will air on same-day, tape-delay on Spike TV.
Spike TV Bouts
Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz
Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao
Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi
Matt Brown vs. John Hathaway
Paul Taylor vs. Anthony Njokuani
Preliminary Bouts
Terry Etim vs. Edward Faaloloto
Cyrille Diabate vs. Anthony Perosh
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young
Phil De Fries vs. Oli Thompson
Chris Cope vs. Che Mills
Chris Cariaso vs. Vaughan Lee
James Head vs. Mark Scanlon
Justin Edwards vs. John Maguire