Tommy Gantt has a new opponent for Saturday in Las Vegas after Trey Ogden was forced out of their UFC Fight Night bout during fight week because of injury. The UFC signed Artur Minev to step in on short notice, preserving Gantt’s place on a card that had been full at 14 fights at the start of the week.
Minev brings a perfect 7-0 professional mark into his promotional debut after a 3-0 amateur career, and he has finished all but one of his pro bouts. Five of those stoppage wins came in the first round, and he most recently stopped Derek Campos in January at Fury FC 113, his fourth appearance for the promotion.
For Gantt, the change is the latest turn in a quick rise. The 33-year-old earned his UFC contract with a first-round submission of Adam Livingston on Dana White’s Contender Series last September. He won his pro debut in 2024 in 21 seconds, went undefeated as an amateur, and has built an 11-0 record with one no contest in a little over two years while collecting welterweight belts with New Line Cagefighting and North Iowa Fights. Ten of his 11 wins have ended inside the distance.
The matchup now joins a UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas headlined by Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa, and it puts two unbeaten fighters in a bout that still carries the same urgency despite the late switch. Minev arrives with momentum from his run at Fury FC, while Gantt is trying to turn another last-minute change into the kind of win that can keep his fast start moving.
What makes the fight worth watching is the clash of two perfect records built in different ways. Minev has been finishing fights with regularity, and Gantt has been doing the same while climbing through the regional ranks and into the UFC. Saturday will show whether the short-notice replacement can keep that streak alive under a brighter light.
