UFC 211 gets two late fights added, including replacement, bringing card to 14 total

The UFC’s summer return to Dallas is officially jam packed.

Two bouts have been added to the May 13 fight card at American Airlines Center, one of which replaces a last-minute scratch.

As first reported by dallasnews.com, Dallas heavyweight and LFA veteran Rashad Coulter (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his octagon debut against Chase Sherman (9-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC). Additionally, a light heavyweight matchup between Joachim Christensen (14-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Gadzhimurad Antigulov (19-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been confirmed by the promotion, bringing the total number of bouts to 14.

UFC 211’s main card airs live on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and UFC Fight Pass.

Coulter was recruited when Sherman’s previous opponent, Dmitry Poberezhets, was forced off the card for undisclosed reasons. Sherman was an injury replacement for Jarjis Danho.

Coulter has won eight of his nine professional bouts by knockout with a lone submission loss in 2013. Sherman, meanwhile, is on shaky legs after a pair of losses in his two octagon outings.

Christensen most recently stopped Bojan Mihajlovic at UFC Fight Night 103, putting him back in the win column after a debut loss against Luis Henrique da Silva. Antigulov made a successful debut this past November with a first-round submission of Marcos Rogerio de Lima, which brought his current win streak to 13.

With the additions, the UFC 211 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Junior Dos Santos – for heavyweight title
• Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade – for strawweight title
• Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
• Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez
• Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET)

• Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
• Jason Knight vs. Chas Skelly
• David Branch vs. Krzysztof Jotko
• Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

• Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
• Enrique Barzola vs. Gabriel Benitez
• Jared Gordon vs. Michael Quinones
• Rashad Coulter vs. Chase Sherman
• Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Joachim Christensen

For more on UFC 211, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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