Davis to fight Wallace at UFC 117

Phil Davis has confirmed he has replaced Stanislav Nedkov for the fight with Rodney Wallace at the UFC 117 event next month.

Davis confirmed the fight via a Twitter message and is confident of winning the bout on August 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

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)