Ange Loosa in for Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Meets Mounir Lazzez at UFC on ESPN 34

Dana White’s Contender Series alum Ange Loosa will step in on short notice to face Mounir Lazzez at UFC on ESPN 34 this Saturday.

Loosa is a replacement for Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, who withdrew from the event for personal reasons. The Wrestling Observer was first to report the new welterweight booking. UFC on ESPN 34 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a 170-pound showdown pitting Vicente Luque against Belal Muhammad.

Loosa came up short on the Contender Series, dropping a unanimous verdict to Jack Della Maddalena this past September. The 28-year-old Fight Move Academy representative rebounded to take a unanimous decision win against UFC veteran John Howard at XMMA 4 on April 2 to run his professional mark to 8-2.

Lazzez will return to action for the first time since UFC on ESPN 20, where he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Warlley Alves in January 2021. “Sniper” debuted in the Octagon with a decision win against Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC on ESPN 13.