Former Bellator fighter and Colorado native Jeremy Kimball has scored a spot on next week’s UFC lineup in Denver.

Officials recently announced John Phillips (21-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been forced out of his UFC on FOX 23 bout with light heavyweight Marcos Rogerio de Lima (14-4-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) for undisclosed reasons, and Kimball (14-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has stepped in as a replacement.

UFC on FOX 23 takes place Jan. 28 at Denver’s Pepsi Center. It airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Kimball, a 25-year-old promotional newcomer, is riding a four-fight winning streak that includes fights with RFA and Final Fight Championship, and three of the victories came via knockout. In fact, the seven-year pro has 10 overall knockouts in 14 career wins. He owns victories over the likes of Keith Berry, Chidi Njokuani, Drew McFedries and Tom Speer.

He now meets de Lima, a 31-year-old Brazilian who had a semifinal-round finish on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3” after moving from middleweight to heavyweight. He then won three of his first four UFC fights before a recent submission loss to Gadzhimurad Antigulov in November.

The latest UFC on FOX 23 card includes:

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Julianna Pena

Donald Cerrone vs. Jorge Masvidal

Andrei Arlovski vs. Francis Ngannou

Alex Caceres vs. Jason Knight

Sam Alvey vs. Nate Marquardt

Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling

Li Jingliang vs. Bobby Nash

Luis Henrique da Silva vs. Jordan Johnson

Alessio Di Chirico vs. Eric Spicely

Jeremy Kimball vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Alexandre Pantoja vs. Eric Shelton

J.C. Cottrell vs. Jason Gonzalez

For more on UFC on FOX 23, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.