Breaking: Ilia Topuria to face Bryce Mitchell at UFC Vegas 64 after Movsar Evloev pulls out

Surging UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell will now reportedly face Ilia Topuria on November 5 after 'Thug Nasty's scheduled opponent Movsar Evloev withdrew from the bout. Evloev recently pulled out of his scheduled main-event clash against Mitchell, citing an undisclosed injury. Mitchell expressed disappointment at being left without an opponent, but it seems Topuria has now come to the rescue.

🚨| Movsar Evloev is OUT of #UFCVegas64 with injury.

🔥Bryce Mitchell will now take on Ilia Topuria at #UFCVegas64 on November 5th.

#UFCVegas64 #UFC #MMA https://t.co/ndMJvi8kCA

After an initial report from The MMA Media, Topuria seemingly provided the confirmation on Twitter. 'El Matador' wrote:

"Finally! See you November 5"

Finally! See you November 5 ❤️

Topuria, who had moved up to lightweight for his last outing against Jai Herbert, knows that cutting down to 145 lbs won't be easy given the short notice. The 25-year-old Georgian native wrote in a follow-up tweet:

"Ready to die making weight"

Ready to die making weight

Ilia Topuria is coming off a three-fight knockout streak which tops off an unblemished 12-0 record. 'El Matador' will undoubtedly be a tough test for Mitchell, who is undefeated in the UFC with a near-perfect 15-1 overall record.

ESPN Deportes had previously reported that Topuria was willing to serve as a replacement for Evloev.

Per sources: Movsar Evloev it’s OUT of the Nov. 5th UFC card due to injury. Promotion it’s looking for a replacement.

Ilia Topuria has been saying that he would step to fight Bryce Mitchell in this case but nothing is done yet.

Via @ESPNDeportes

Bryce Mitchell goes off on Movsar Evloev

Bryce Mitchell wasn't happy with Movsar Evloev pulling out of their scheduled headliner clash. In a Twitter video, Mitchell went off on the Russian for pulling out after all the trash talk in the build-up.

'Thug Nasty' complained of being harassed and bullied by Evloev over social media. The 28-year-old said:

“He says all these things on me on social media about how I’m a coward, and I’m a dumba*s, and this and that, and that and this. I’ve never been so harassed in my life. … So you can say what you want, but when it comes down to it, this guy was ready to go.

All them words, that’s f*ckin’ cheap, man. Them words don’t mean a f*ckin’ thing. I was going to show up and give you a piece of my mind. And it wasn’t going to be in English, buddy. It was going to be with these (fists).”

Watch Bryce Mitchell's comments on Evloev below:

Movsar pulled out imagine that https://t.co/AuODgwlikE

Left without an opponent, Mitchell even addressed a previous callout from fellow up-and-comer Sodiq Yusuf.

Sadiq since u been callin me out I’m gunna accept ur offer. I kno u ain’t scared but I’m worried u got too fat! Haha it’s all luv Sadiq but u kno dam well I ain’t lyin. Make the weight and let’s do it brother