Monday's Cage Warriors 51 lineup set, Redmond-Roddy replaces James-Philpott

Some final changes have been made to Monday's Cage Warriors 51 fight card.

The New Year's Eve event takes place at The Helix in Dublin, and Cage Warriors featherweight champion Conor McGregor (11-2) and Ivan Buchinger (21-3) meet for the vacant lightweight title in the day's headliner.

The main card streams for free on MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) following prelims on Facebook.

Officials today announced a few changes to the card.

John Michael Sheil (8-1) suffered a serious knee injury, and his opponent, welterweight Jack Mason (21-11), now meets replacement Florent Betorangal (10-5). The bout is part of the main card.

Additionally, Liam James (6-4) has suffered an undisclosed injury, and his bantamweight bout with Alan Philpott (7-3) has been pulled from the main card because a replacement couldn't be found. In its place, a preliminary-card bout between lightweights Paul Redmond (5-3) and Ryan Roddy (5-0) had been promoted to the main card.

The full Cage Warriors 51 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com, 4 p.m. ET)

Conor McGregor vs. Ivan Buchinger - for vacant lightweight title
Chris Fields vs. Jesse Taylor - for middleweight title
Aisling Daly vs. Katja Kankaanpaa
Florent Betorangal vs. Jack Mason
Paul Redmond vs. Ryan Roddy

PRELIMINARY (Facebook, 2:30 p.m. ET)

Moktar Benkaci vs. James Brum
Philip Mulpeter vs. Tommy Quinn
Henry Fadipe vs. Charlie Watts

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