Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis now headlines UFC Fight Night 105 in Halifax

A heavyweight clash between Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis will now take a headlining role.

MMAjunkie today confirmed with UFC officials that the bout has been pulled from UFC 208 in favor of serving as the main event of UFC Fight Night 105 one week later.

UFC Fight Night 105 takes place Feb. 19 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Lewis (17-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC), is No. 10 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings, and Browne (18-5-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) is No. 12.

Lewis recently picked up his fifth straight UFC win after scoring a fourth-round TKO win over Shamil Abdurakhimov in this December’s UFC Fight Night 102 headliner. Afterward, the 31-year-old expressed disappointment with his slow start and overall performance (watch the video above), but the heavy-handed fighter, who now has 15 knockouts in 17 career wins, mentioned Browne as a potential opponent for his next bout.

Lewis now gets his wish, and he meets a former top contender in Browne, who went 4-1 with victories over the likes of Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett from 2013-2014. However, the 34-year-old Hawaiian is stuck in a 1-3 skid that includes recent losses to former champs Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum.

The UFC Fight Night 105 lineup now includes:

• Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis
• Johny Hendricks vs. Hector Lombard
• Cezar Ferreira vs. Elias Theodorou
• Jack Marshman vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
• Alvaro Herrera vs. Alessandro Ricci
• Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Nordine Taleb
• Reginaldo Vieira vs. Aiemann Zahabi
• Carla Esparza vs. Randa Markos

For more on UFC Fight Night 105, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.