Joshua Van will replace Kevin Borjas and fight Edgar Chairez at UFC 306.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the new flyweight booking. UFC 306 takes place at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14 and is headlined by a bantamweight title clash between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili. A reason for Borjas’ withdrawal is currently unknown.
Van had an eight-bout winning streak snapped in his last Octagon appearance, as he suffered a third-round knockout loss against Charles Johnson at UFC on ESPN 59 on July 13. Prior to that, the 22-year-old had earned successive triumphs over Zhalgas Zhumagulov, Borjas and Felipe Bunes to begin his promotional tenure.
Chairez, who was part of the inaugural Noche UFC event last year, is coming off a first-round submission win over Daniel da Silva at UFC Fight Night 237 on Feb. 24. That helped erase the sting of his first meeting with da Silva at UFC Fight Night 227, which was declared a no contest when referee Chris Tognoni waved off the fight after incorrectly determining that da Silva had been rendered unconscious in the first round.
