Roman Dolidze steps in on 8 days’ notice to face Anthony Smith at UFC 303

Anthony Smith will fight at UFC 303 after all.

The UFC announced Friday that Smith now faces middleweight contender Roman Dolidze at next Saturday’s pay-per-view card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dolidze steps in — and up a weight class — on eight days’ notice as a replacement for Carlos Ulberg, who was scratched from the card due to undisclosed reasons.

MMA Fighting previously reported that Dolidze was the frontrunner to replace Ulberg...