Sergio Pettis needs a new opponent for his UFC debut. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
An injury will prevent bantamweight Vaughan Lee from competing at UFC 167, according to a source close to the fighter.
Lee, 31, last competed in June, when he submitted to a Raphael Assuncao armbar at UFC on Fuel TV 10. The Englishman joined the Las Vegas-based promotion in 2011 and has thus far racked up an Octagon record of 2-3, dropping bouts to Chris Cariaso and T.J. Dillashaw but besting the likes of Norifumi Yamamoto and Motonobu Tezuka.
Pettis has been perfect throughout his nascent pro career, scoring first-round stoppages in each of his last two fights and earning six of his nine wins by either knockout or submission. The 20-year-old is the younger brother of reigning UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and last competed on Sept. 28, when he tapped James Porter with a kimura under the Wisconsin-based North American Fighting Championship banner.