The undefeated lightweight contender, John Makdessi (9-0) was forced to pull from his next fight against British fighter, Paul Taylor (11-6-1) with an undisclosed injury. Makdessi was penciled in to fight Taylor during UFC on Versus 5 which had Dan Hardy and Chris Lytle headlining the event on August 14 at Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
Makdessi is coming off an excellent spinning-backfist KO of Kyle Watson at UFC 129, and is now 2-0 in the UFC. Zuffa will be looking for a replacement to fight Taylor, who last fought at UFC 126 where he knocked out Gabe Reudiger. Taylor is a three-time winner of the fight of the night bonus, and is currently 4-5 in the UFC. His first six bouts came at welterweight, but he dropped to lightweight last year where he's now 1-1. His lone lightweight loss was a very close split-decision loss to Sam Stout at UFC 121.
