Saul Rogers will fight this Saturday (Picture: ACB)

Former Ultimate Fighter contestant Saul Rogers looks like he has an opponent for ACB 54: Supersonic just days out from the Saturday show.

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Rogers (12-1) was expected to face former UFC veteran Pat ‘Bam Bam’ Healy in Manchester at ACB’s massive night of action.

Unfortunately, the American suffered an injury four weeks ago and the promotion struggled to find anyone to take on the challenge of facing Rogers on short notice.

However, ACB have now found their man and it’s going to be Saul ‘The Hangman’ Rogers taking on Aurel ‘The Miner’ Pirtea.


Sources close to Metro.co.uk revealed Pirtea was flying into Manchester to put pen to paper on a bout agreement to fight Roger at the Manchester Arena.



Pirtea, 28, has a professional record of 11-8 and has predominantly fought at welterweight since the start of his professional career.

Aurel Pirtea Professional Record MMA Record: 11-8-0, 1 NC (Win-Loss-Draw)

11-8-0, 1 NC (Win-Loss-Draw) Nickname: The Miner

The Miner Current Streak: 2 Wins

2 Wins Age: 28 | Date of Birth: 1988.08.01

28 1988.08.01 Last Fight: December 19, 2016

December 19, 2016 Weight Class: Welterweight | Last Weigh-In: 169.3 lbs



Despite the short notice, the Romanian will make his debut at lightweight and he is not a man to be underestimated.

The Romanian has won four of his last five fights and has finished them all inside the distance via submission.

Pirtea has fought mostly in Romania under the RXF banner where he has won all of his six bouts in the promotion.

Tapology currently has Pirtea ranked as the No.1 ranked pro-welterweight in Romania and the No.10 ranked pro-welterweight in the Balkans.

ACB are yet to make an official announcement, but heavyweight Przemyslaw Mysiala will not be given a late replacement after his opponent Vinny Magalhaes who withdrew from the fight earlier this week.

Mysiala will be rebooked onto an upcoming ACB card, but misses the Manchester show.

British fighter Luke Barnatt headlines the Manchester card (Picture: Getty)

Despite all these last minute changes, ACB 54 will feature a highly anticipated main event between Venator FC middleweight champion and former UFC competitor Luke Barnatt and KSW middleweight king Mamed Khalidov.

ACB will stream the fight night live from their Youtube.

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