Trevin
Giles will replace Jeremiah
Wells and face Andreas
Gustafsson at UFC
Fight Night on ESPN 68.
Both Giles and Gustafsson confirmed the booking on social media
after the bout was listed on the UFC.com event page. Giles vs. Gustafsson will be
contested at an 180-pound catchweight. UFC on ESPN 68 takes place
on May 31 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a
women’s flyweight scrap pitting Erin
Blanchfield against Maycee
Barber.
Giles will enter the short-notice bout on a three-fight skid. The
32-year-old Texan last appeared at UFC Edmonton, where he dropped a
unanimous decision to Mike Malott
on Nov. 2. Giles is 7-7 during his Octagon tenure.
Gustafsson will make his promotional debut after earning a
UFC deal with a second-round stoppage of Pat Pytlik
on
Dana White’s Contender Series last August. The 32-year-old
Swede owns an 11-2 professional mark with 10 of those victories
coming inside the distance.