Luis Henrique out at next week's UFC 208; promotion needs heavyweight opponent for Marcin Tybura

Brazilian heavyweight Luis Henrique (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from next week’s UFC 208 event, and the promotion is currently in need of a replacement opponent for Marcin Tybura (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

MMAjunkie today confirmed “KLB” Henrique’s withdrawal with UFC officials.

A search is currently underway for a replacement to step in on a little more than one week’s notice.

Featuring the promotion’s inaugural women’s featherweight title fight, UFC 208 takes place Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Henrique, 23, has rebounded from a 2015 knockout loss to Francis Ngannou with submission victories over Dmitry Smoliakov and Christian Colombo and was seeking his third straight victory. A timetable for his return wasn’t immediately established.

Meanwhile, Tybura is a former M-1 champ who suffered a decision loss to Timothy Johnson in his UFC debut. However, the 31-year-old Polish fighter rebounded with a head-kick knockout win over Viktor Pesta at this past August’s UFC Fight Night 92 event.

With the withdrawal, UFC 208 currently includes:

• Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie – for inaugural women’s featherweight title
• Derek Brunson vs. Anderson Silva
• Tim Boetsch vs. Ronaldo Souza
• Jared Cannonier vs. Glover Teixeira
• Jim Miller vs. Dustin Poirier
• Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki
• Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev
• Jarred Brooks vs. Ian McCall
• Marcin Tybura vs. TBA
• Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare
• Rick Glenn vs. Phillipe Nover
• Randy Brown vs. TBA

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