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[Xtremo]

Highly touted Phil Davis (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has agreed to replace injured Stanislav Nedkov (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and now meets Rodney Wallace (9-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at next month's UFC 117 event.

A source close to one of the competitors today confirmed the change with MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com).

Nedkov's representatives could not immediately be reached for comment to determine the nature of the UFC newcomer's injury.

The Times and Democrat (South Carolina) first reported the change. Although not officially announced by the UFC, the Nedkov vs. Wallace matchup has been removed from the event's fight card on UFC.com.

UFC 117 takes place Aug. 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., and the night's main card airs on pay-per-view.

Davis, an NCAA Division I national wrestling champ at Penn State, is 2-0 since signing with the UFC and debuting earlier this year. After topping former WEC champ Brian Stann at UFC 109, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt then submitted Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 112 to move to 6-0 overall.

Another win from Davis likely will send his opponent packing from the UFC. Although he entered the UFC with a remarkable 9-0 record, Wallace, a three-time state high-school wrestling champion, since has posted back-to-back decision losses to Stann and Jared Hamman. However, that action-packed and crowd-pleasing fight with Hamann at UFC 111, which all three judges scored 29-28, earned him a $65,000 "Fight of the Night" bonus and earned him a third UFC fight.

Nedkov, a Shooto and World Victory Road/Sengoku vet who recently defeated Kevin Randleman and Travis Wiuff, was scheduled to make his UFC debut at UFC 117.

Phil Davis replaces injured Stanislav Nedkov, meets Rodney Wallace at UFC 117 | MMAjunkie.com

[IceCold48]

mr wonderful totally takes this glad hes taking this fight on short notice i wonder why they didnt have him scheduled for any future events.

[CHAEL fan]

Davis is a beast! Looks like Rodney will be packing his bags.

[LethalStriker]

I believe Davis was originally planning on taking several months off to work on his standup game. So after this fight I'm assuming he won't fight again until the end of the year.

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

I'm a pretty strong believer in the prospect of Phil Davis being one of several "next big things" coming up in the ZUFFA world, especially at LHW, but I'm super bummed out that Nedkov's hurt, because he's a very underrated and relatively unknown beast and I was super excited to see him debut.

[Degenero]

Wallace made a huge mistake accepting Davis as a replacement; Davis is indeed the future of 205. We will be seeing him against the likes the Jones' soon enough. I'm glad he stepped up to the plate to take this fight on short notice, hopefully this fight gets televised in some form. Davis via fatal ground domination.

[LethalStriker]

Mr. Wonderful by domination.

[GL Jeff]

Why is everyone jumping on this guys nuts? People need to really relax on calling everyone without a lose the next big thing. And is it just me, or is that picture freakin anyone else out?

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

Originally Posted by GL Jeff

Why is everyone jumping on this guys nuts? People need to really relax on calling everyone without a lose the next big thing. And is it just me, or is that picture freakin anyone else out?

Oblivious thoughtlessness as per usual.

As to WHY people are "jumping on this guy's nuts", well you've definately not seen Davis' shot I presume.... See Phil Davis has been a hot prospect long before he signed with the UFC and is a decorated Division I champion training with Lloyd Irvin's camp, his grappling technique is at a scary level. Couple that with his sheer athleticism and physicality....yup, that's something to talk about. When people recognize talent and skill that stands out, it's common that said talent and skill is praised and heralded.

I don't know if you're also speaking about Nedkov here, since he too is undefeated, but if you are, you've obviously not viewed his fights, because he too is a beast, if not alot less hyped than Phil Davis.

[Degenero]

What he said. ^