Following his superb victory over Phil Harris at UFC Dublin in July, Neil Seery has been given his next assignment. The Dubliner steps in to face Richie Vaculik at the upcoming card in Sydney, Australia in November after Vaculik’s original opponent, Ray Borg, was forced to pull out of the fight today.

Vaculik is a veteran on the Australian scene and came to prominence on the recent “The Ultimate Fighter: Smashes” series. The Aussie has an impressive 10-2 career record and is 1-1 in the UFC, the same record as Seery. His sole UFC victory came against Roldan Sangcha-an in June of this year.

Seery has impressed in his UFC career so far with a super, ultimately losing, effort against Brad Pickett after taking the fight on short notice and the aforementioned demolition of Harris at UFC Dublin. The Team Ryano flyweight is a former Cage Warriors champion and will be looking to work his way up the ranks against “Vas”.

UFC Fight Night 55 takes place in Sydney, Australia on November 8th and will be headlined by the middleweight contender bout between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. Check out the other scheduled bouts below.

Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping

Robert Whittaker vs. Clint Hester

Anthony Perosh vs. Guto Inocente

Soa Palelei vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

Jake Matthews vs. Vagner Rocha

Vik Grujic vs. Chris Clements

Dylan Andrews vs. Sam Alvey

Daniel Kelly vs. Luke Zachrich

Jumabieke Tuerxun vs. Patrick Williams

Mike De La Torre vs. Mark Eddiva

Neil Seery vs .Richie Vaculik