Marlon Vera will look to break a two-fight losing streak when he next steps into the octagon, and he’ll do it on short notice.

UFC officials today announced that Ecuadorian bantamweight Vera (10-5-1 MMA, 4-4 UFC) will step in for India’s Bharat Kandare (5-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and face China’s Wuliji Buren (9-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC 227, which takes place Aug. 4 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The night’s full bout order has yet to be revealed, but the main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Buren made his promotional debut at this past November’s UFC Fight Night 122 event in China, dropping a unanimous decision to Rolando Dy. He now meets “Chito” Vera, who has built a three-fighting UFC winning streak with wins over Brian Kelleher, Brad Pickett and Ning Guangyou before recently dropping decision losses to Douglas Silva de Andrade and John Lineker.

The UFC 227 lineup currently includes:

• Champ T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt – for bantamweight title
• Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo – for flyweight title
• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Volkan Oezdemir
• J.J. Aldrich vs. Polyana Viana
• Renato Moicano vs. Cub Swanson
• Benito Lopez vs. Ricky Simon
• Brett Johns vs. Pedro Munhoz
• Irene Aldana vs. Bethe Correia
• Kyung Ho Kang vs. Ricardo Ramos
• Danielle Taylor vs. Weili Zhang
• Sheymon Moraes vs. Matt Sayles
• Alex Perez vs. Jose Torres
• Wuliji Buren vs. Marlon Vera

For more on UFC 227, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.