Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura rebooked for next month's UFC 209 in Las Vegas

A heavyweight matchup that fell apart at UFC 208 will now take place at UFC 209, instead.

UFC officials recently announced that Brazilian Luis Henrique (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will meet Poland’s Marcin Tybura (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at the event, which takes place March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The night’s official bout order has yet to be revealed, but UFC 209’s main card airs on pay-per-view following preliminary bouts on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Henrique and Tybura were initially expected to meet at UFC 208 before a medical issue forced “KLB” out of the contest. Justin Willis then stepped in on short notice, but he was declared medically ineligible while struggling to make weight, and Tybura was left without a fight.

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 at UFC 208.

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 addition to the card, UFC 209 now includes:

• Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
• Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov – for interim lightweight title
• Rashad Evans vs. Daniel Kelly
• David Teymur vs. Lando Vannata
• Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem
• Mark Godbeer vs. opponent TBA
• Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
• Mirsad Bektic vs. Darren Elkins
• Iuri Alcantara vs. Luke Sanders
• Paul Craig vs. Tyson Pedro
• Ed Herman vs. Igor Pokrajac

For more on UFC 209, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.