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With late addition, Saturday's UFC 208 lineup now finalized with 12 bouts


The lineup is finally set for Saturday’s UFC 208 event in New York.

Officials today confirmed that promotional newcomer Justin Willis (4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who recently picked up his fourth straight victory with a TKO of Juliano Coutinho at WSOF 31, has replaced Luis Henrique (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC), who was forced off the card due to a licensing issue following eye surgery. Willis now meets heavyweight Marcin Tybura (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

UFC 208 takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the main event, former champion Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who’s No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, moves up a weight class to take on No. 14-ranked Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC), and the winner earns the inaugural women’s featherweight title. Holm could become just the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold belts in two weight classes, joining B.J. Penn, Randy Couture and Conor McGregor. However, fellow striker de Randamie, who’s on a 4-1 run with back-to-back knockout victories, is currently a small favorite (-125) at the sports books.

In the co-headliner, former longtime middleweight champion Anderson Silva (33-8 MMA, 16-4 UFC), who’s an honorable mention in the 185-pound rankings, looks for his first victory since 2012 when he takes on No. 9-ranked Derek Brunson (16-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who was on a five-fight winning streak (with four consecutive knockout victories) before a recent TKO defeat to fellow contender Robert Whittaker.

Rounding out the main card are No. 4 middleweight Ronaldo Souza (23-4 MMA, 6-1 UFC) vs. Tim Boetsch (20-10 MMA, 11-9 UFC), No. 6 light heavyweight Glover Teixeira (25-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) vs. Jared Cannonier (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), and No. 15 lightweight Dustin Poirier (20-5 MMA, 12-4 UFC) vs. Jim Miller (28-8 MMA, 17-7 UFC).

In the featured FS1 prelim, welterweights Randy Brown (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Belal Muhammad (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) clash, and in the final UFC Fight Pass prelim, Willis makes his UFC debut in the bout with Tybura.

The official UFC 208 lineup includes:

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

  • 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

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

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

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