UFC Fight Night 105 adds Carmouche vs. McMann, Janes vs. Meerschaert, Gavin vs. Sicilia

The UFC Fight Night 105 lineup is finally filling out, and UFC officials have announced three new contests for the card.

The additions include a women’s bantamweight matchup between Liz Carmouche (11-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and Sara McMann (10-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC), a middleweight contest with Ryan Janes (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (25-8 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and a featherweight bout withSam Sicilia (15-7 MMA, 5-6 UFC) vs. Gavin Tucker (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

UFC officials also confirmed a previously reported matchup of Johny Hendricks vs. Hector Lombard.

UFC Fight Night 105 takes place Feb. 19 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A newly announced headliner of Travis Brown vs. Derrick Lewis tops the bill for the FS1-broadcast event.

Carmouche, the onetime UFC title challenger, carries a two-fight winning streak into the bout after picking up victories over Katlyn Chookagian and Lauren Murphy. She now faces another woman who came up short in a bid for the UFC title in McMann, who also boasts a two-fight winning streak after downing Alexis Davis and Jessica Eye.

McMann sits at No. 8 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, while Carmouche checks in at No. 11.

Janes made his UFC debut in December, picking up a decision win over Keith Berish at UFC Fight Night 102 and now owns an eight-fight winning streak. He now meets Meerschaert, who also made his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night 102, scoring a first-round submission win over Joseph Gigliotti. Meerschaert is currently 10-1 in his past 11 appearances.

Sicilia finds himself in a must-win position after coming up short in recent outings against Gabriel Benitez and Dooho Choi. He’ll welcome undefeated Canadian Tucker to the octagon. Fighting professionally since 2011 and boasts four knockouts and four submissions in his nine career wins.

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