Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann rescheduled for UFC 307

Ovince Saint Preux and Ryan Spann are giving it another try.

The light heavyweight veterans have been rescheduled to meet at UFC 307 following the cancellation of their UFC Vegas 97 bout, sources close to the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin. Saint Preux was scratched from the original matchup on Thursday due to illness, resulting in UFC Vegas 97 proceeding forward with a 12-fight lineup.

A one-time UFC interim title challenger, Saint Preux (27-17) recently rebounded from a tough career stretch to win two of his past three octagon appearances, sandwiching split decisions over Mauricio Rua and Kennedy Nzechukwu between a 49-second knockout loss to Philipe Lins.

Spann (21-10) remains in the midst of a difficult run of his own. The 33-year-old Contender Series product has dropped three straight bouts at the hands of Nikita Krylov, Anthony Smith, and Bogdan Guskov, the last of which ended via second-round knockout.

UFC 307 takes place Oct. 5 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira seeks to defend his belt against Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event.