John Moraga finds replacement for Jussier Formiga and meets Willie Gates at UFC on FOX 13

By Connor Hutton - @ConnorHutton94

Credit: UFC

Headlined by Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic, UFC on FOX 13 was on the brink of losing some value after a high-stakes flyweight bout between John Moraga (15-3) and Jussier Formiga (17-3) fell out after Formiga picked up a knee injury.

However, the UFC saved the fight by announcing that Moraga will now step in to the octagon with Willie Gates (11-3). Gates is on an impressive five fight win streak, all of which he finished in the first-round and even more impressively, all of these fights took place in the span of seven months.

Moraga will face off against the UFC newcomer following a second-round submission victory over Justin Scoggins back in September, a feat that put him back in the win column after he suffered a TKO defeat against John Dodson.

With the announcement of Moraga's replacement match-up against Gates, UFC on FOX 13 now includes:

Junior dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Nate Diaz
Alistair Overeem vs. Stefan Struve
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Matt Mitrione
John Moraga vs. Willie Gates
Claudia Gadelha vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Joe Riggs vs. Ben Saunders
Jamie Varner vs. Drew Dober
Derek Brunson vs. Ed Herman
Joe Ellenberger vs. Bryan Barberena
David Michaud vs. Garret Whiteley
Henry Cejudo vs. Dustin Kimura
Anthony Birchak vs. Ian Entwistle

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