The past few days have been turbulent , to say the least , for British middleweight , Luke Barnatt . When his upcoming fight against Clint Hester was scrapped from the UFC 's Fairfax card on April 4 , after Hester developed a foot injury , Barnatt was on the hunt for a replacement opponent . ' I heard from Clint directly that he was injured and out of the fight . ' Barnatt told Sportsmail . ' I spoke to Joe Silva and he said there 's no-one on the roster who is free to fight you , so it might have to be a newcomer . But I did n't want to fight a newcomer who people knew nothing about . He had a few guys in mind but none of them could take the fight or would agree to it . Britain 's Luke Barnatt found the replacement he was looking for after his fight with Clint Hester was scrapped . Barnatt will be facing Filipino-American fighter Mark Munoz in the UFC 's maiden event in the Philippines . ' I said , 'Why do n't you give me Mark Munoz and let me fight in the Philippines ? ' 'Then Joe called back and said he 'd made about 500 phone calls and that he could n't find anyone , so your wish is my command – you 're fighting Mark in the Philippines . ' I went from being very down , to being very happy , and now I have 10 weeks to prepare for the fight . ' Barnatt is looking to bounce back from two frustrating back to back losses , both of which the middleweight feels he would have won , were it not for poor judging decisions . Mark Munoz , meanwhile , who recently fell short of the UFC 's top 15 middleweight rankings , is a veteran of the sport and will present a dangerous challenge on the ground for Barnatt . 'Obviously I have to pay a bit more attention to my wrestling now ' said Barnatt . 'Mark is a very , very good wrestler . There will be a bit more of a focus on , but I am going to implement my own game plan . ' Munoz ( front ) fought in UFC 184 but was forced into submission by Brazilian fighter Roan Carneiro ( rear ) Carneiro celebrates his win over Munoz in their middleweight bout during the UFC 184 event at Staples Cente . The bout will feature on the UFC Fight Night : Edgar vs. Faber fight card , the UFC 's first event ever to take place in the Philippines . 'Six years ago I was in Thailand . ' Barnatt continued . ' I lived there for 7 months and I always wanted to go to the Philippines , so I 'm super excited . I 'm going to go out there about 10 days before to get acclimatized . The funny thing is , Mark trains about 3 hours away from me in California so we will both be going all that way . We will probably leave on the same flight to get out there ! ' When it comes to trash talk , we can expect to witness none of that in the lead up to this bout . ' I know Mark ' said Barnatt . 'He 's pound for pound the nicest guy in the world . But this will probably be Mark 's last fight in the UFC . He 's wanted to fight in the Philippines for so long so it 's great that he 's able to do that , but I think this will be the last fight for him . 'It 's a fantastic opportunity that the UFC has given me , to allow me to be the one to retire Mark Munoz . ' Munoz was on the losing end against Carneiro , but he 'll be hoping for a comeback against Barnatt on May 16 .
The pair will meet at UFC Fight Night : Edgar vs. Faber on May 16 . TL;DR Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are set to fight in the main event of a pay-per-view card that is expected to draw more than 1 million buys.