by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jul 23, 2010 at 12:30 pm ET

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As expected Phil Davis (6-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has replaced injured light heavyweight 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. 

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) passed along news of the bout on Thursday. 

Davis since has confirmed the fight via a Twitter message, one in which he predicts he'll move to 7-0. 

UFC 117 takes place Aug. 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., and the night's main card airs on pay-per-view. However, the Davis vs. Wallace bout is slated for the un-aired preliminary card. 

UFC officials have not officially announced the change, though Nedkov vs. Wallace was removed from the official fight card. 

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 in Hamman's favor, earned both fighters $65,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses and earned Wallace a third UFC fight. 

The latest UFC 117 card now includes: 

MAIN CARD

Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)

Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch

Rafael dos Anjos vs. Clay Guida

Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Hughes

Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson

PRELIMINARY CARD

Tim Boetsch vs. Thiago Silva

Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story

Christian Morecraft vs. Stefan Struve

Charlie Brenneman vs. Johny Hendricks

Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders

Phil Davis vs. Rodney Wallace*

* - Not officially announced

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