UFC Fight Night 102 gets eight new fights, including Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov headliner

Heavyweights will feature prominently at UFC 102, with Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov serving as headliner, and a previously reported contest of Anthony Hamilton vs. Francis Ngannou in the co-feature.

UFC officials today announced the main event, adding officially adding eight more fights to the lineup, as well.

UFC Fight Night 102 takes place Dec. 9 at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. The entire card streams live on UFC Fight Pass.

Lewis (16-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) is currently ranked No. 11 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings and carries a four-fight winning streak into the cage. He was expected to headline UFC Fight Night 97 this Saturday before the contest was scratched. He now meets Russia’s Abdurakhimov (17-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who came up short in his UFC debut against Timothy Johnson but has since rebounded with wins over Walt Harris and Hamilton.

In addition to a previously reported matchup of Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling, UFC Fight Night 102 also now boasts light heavyweights Patrick Cummins vs. Gian Villante, middleweights Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Joseph Gigliotti, welterweight Randy Brown vs. Charlie Ward, middleweight Keith Berish vs. Ryan Janes, Tatiana Suarez vs. Juliana Lima, Corey Anderson vs. Sean O’Connell and featherweights Tiago Trator vs. Zubaira Tukhugov.

More on this in just a moment.

With the additions to the card, the UFC Fight Night 102 lineup now includes:

• Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
• Anthony Hamilton vs. Francis Ngannou
• Raphael Assuncao vs. Aljamain Sterling
• Patrick Cummins vs. Gian Villante
• Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Joseph Gigliotti
• Randy Brown vs. Charlie Ward
• Keith Berish vs. Ryan Janes
• Juliana Lima vs. Tatiana Suarez
• Corey Anderson vs. Sean O’Connell
• Tiago Trator vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

For more on UFC Fight Night 102, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.