A positive COVID-19 test has knocked Andre Ewell
out of
UFC Fight Night 184 just days before his matchup with Cody
Stamann.
As a result, Stamann with square off with replacement foe Askar Askar
on Saturday. Multiple outlets confirmed the new bantamweight bout
following an initial report from
Fighter Path. UFC Fight Night 184 takes place at the UFC Apex
in Las Vegas and is headlined by a heavyweight duel between
Alistair
Overeem and Alexander
Volkov. The card streams in its entirety on ESPN+.
Askar will make his first promotional foray with an 11-1 career
mark, that includes stops in promotions such as Legacy Fighting
Alliance, Titan FC, Victory Fighting Championship and Island
Fights. Most recently, Askar took a unanimous verdict over Kevin Wirth
at LFA 92 this past October.
Stamman, meanwhile, is coming off a decision defeat against
Jimmie
Rivera at UFC on ESPN 13 in his last outing. The Michigan Top
Team representative is 5-2-1 during his Octagon tenure, with
notable wins over the likes of Brian
Kelleher, Bryan
Caraway and Tom
Duquesnoy.