Three-time UFC veteran Mike Rhodes (10-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) is stepping in on less than one week’s notice to face longtime veteran Kendall Grove (23-16 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) in the co-main event of Friday’s Bellator 174.

MMAjunkie today confirmed with Bellator officials that Rhodes has agreed to replace Grove’s original opponent, fellow middleweight Chris Honeycutt (9-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), on Friday’s card, which takes place at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The night’s main card airs on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

“Biggie” Rhodes now makes his Bellator debut on the strength of a four-fighting winning streak. The Roufusport product was ushered out of the UFC in 2014 following consecutive losses to Erick Silva, Robert Whittaker and George Sullivan. However, he’s unbeaten since and most recently picked up the Victory FC middleweight title with a second-round submission win over Rakim Cleveland this past June.

Grove, meanwhile, eventually caught on with Bellator after a long UFC stint that included winning “The Ultimate Fighter 3” in 2006. The 34-year-old Hawaiian was on a 3-1 Bellator run, which included an unsuccessful shot against then-champ Brandon Halsey (who missed weight), before a recent TKO loss Alexander Shlemenko. He now meets Honeycutt, a 28-year-old who took up MMA after he was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler. He’s rebounded from his first career loss (to Paul Bradley at Bellator 148) with a current three-fight winning streak.

With the change to the card, Bellator 174 now includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)

Marloes Coenen vs. Julia Budd – for inaugural featherweight title

Kendall Grove vs. Mike Rhodes

Fernando Gonzalez vs. Brandon Girtz

Steve Garcia vs. Joe Taimanglo

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)

Emmanuel Rivera vs. Treston Thomison

Wayman Carter vs. Rafael Lovato

Alexis Dufresne vs. Gabrielle Holloway

Jonathan Gary vs. Cody Pfister

Roman Pizzolato vs. Justin Wren

Katy Collins vs. Emily Ducote

Justin Patterson vs. Jason Witt

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