With injury forcing Tor Troeng out of a planned UFC 171 fight with Robert McDaniel (21-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Sean Strickland (13-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has agreed to step in as a replacement opponent.

UFC officials today announced the change.

UFC 171 takes place March 15 at Dallas’ American Airlines Center. The evening’s five-fight main card on pay-per-view following prelims that air on FOX Sports 1 and stream on UFC Fight Pass.

Troeng revealed late last week that he injured his shoulder in training and would be forced out of the fight.

Injured my shoulder in training First fight in my life I have to cancel, hate to disappoint all the fans, @ufc and of course @bubbathemenace — Tor Troeng (@ThorTheHammer) February 27, 2014

Californian “Tarzan” Strickland is a former King of the Cage champion, who is undefeated through the first 13 fights of his career. Ten of those wins have come by way of stoppage, including seven by knockout.

“Bubba” McDaniel, a former cast member on “The Ultimate Fighter 17” hopes to rebound from an August loss to Brad Tavares. The result snapped an official eight-fight winning streak for the 30-year-old Texan.

With the change in the lineup, UFC 171 now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler – for vacant welterweight title

Carlos Condit vs. Tyron Woodley

Myles Jury vs. Diego Sanchez

Hector Lombard vs. Jake Shields

Nikita Krylov vs. Ovince St. Preux

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Rick Story

Jessica Andrade vs. Raquel Pennington

Dennis Bermudez vs. Jimy Hettes

Alex Garcia vs. Sean Spencer

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

Renee Forte vs. Frank Trevino

Will Campuzano vs. Justin Scoggins

Robert McDaniel vs. Sean Strickland

Daniel Pineda vs. Robert Whiteford

For the latest on UFC 171, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.