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Nolan King

Bo Nickal gets newcomer Val Woodburn at UFC 290 as late replacement

Val Woodburn will step directly into the spotlight when he makes his UFC debut Saturday.

On one of the promotion’s biggest cards of the year, Woodburn (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will replace injured Tresean Gore on five days’ notice to fight rising star Bo Nickal (4-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC). The middleweight bout will be on the UFC 290 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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