Brooklyn's own Phillipe Nover booked for UFC 208 home fight vs. Rick Glenn

Veteran featherweight Phillipe Nover finally will get a chance to fight in New York – and he’ll do it in his Brooklyn backyard.

Nover (11-7-1 MMA, 1-5 UFC) has booked a fight against Rick Glenn (18-4-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) for UFC 208 in February in Brooklyn. UFC officials announced the new matchup today.

UFC 208 takes place Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card, featuring an inaugural women’s featherweight title fight between former bantamweight champion Holly Holm and Germain de Randamie, airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

With the addition to the card, UFC 208 now includes:

• Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie for inaugural women’s featherweight title
• Jared Cannonier vs. Glover Teixeira
• Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis
• Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery
• Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare
• Randy Brown vs. George Sullivan
• Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
• Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev
• Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki
• Jim Miller vs. Dustin Poirier
• Gilbert Burns vs. Paul Felder
• Rick Glenn vs. Phillipe Nover

For more on UFC 208, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.