[Event] UFC 208 - Holm vs. de Randamie - Feb 11

Dent · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:29 pm

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UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on February 11, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Official fight card

Fight Card

Women's Featherweight Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie For the inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
Middleweight Anderson Silva vs. Derek Brunson
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza vs. Tim Boetsch
Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira vs. Jared Cannonier
Lightweight Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Welterweight Randy Brown vs. Belal Muhammad
Flyweight Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki
Lightweight Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev
Flyweight Ian McCall vs. Jarred Brooks

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Welterweight Ryan LaFlare vs. Roan Carneiro
Featherweight Phillipe Nover vs. Rick Glenn

Background

The event was originally scheduled to take place on January 21 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. However, due to a lack of suitable headliners for the date, the event in Anaheim was postponed to August 5 and an originally scheduled UFC 209 to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on February 11 was renamed as UFC 208. This will be the first UFC event held in Brooklyn and the fourth overall hosted in the state of New York.

The event is expected to be headlined by the inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie. It will also be the first women's featherweight bout in the promotion's history. Holm can become the first female to win titles in multiple divisions in UFC's history and the fourth overall to do so.

A UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between two-time champion José Aldo and interim champion Max Holloway was in the works for this card. The bout eventually did not materialize as Holloway had some consideration (nagging injuries and the desire to spend Christmas with his family) about fighting only two months after UFC 206.

The original Anaheim event had two announced bouts, including flyweights Wilson Reis and Ulka Sasaki, as well as a light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa. Teixeira is now expected to face Jared Cannonier at the event, while Manuwa is expected to to face Corey Anderson at UFC Fight Night 107.

A flyweight bout between Ian McCall and Neil Seery was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2. However, the pairing was scrapped on the day of the weigh-ins, as McCall had to pull out of the fight after becoming ill due the effects of his weight cut. The fight was later rescheduled for this event. In turn, Seery pulled out on January 29 due to the passing of his mother-in-law. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Jarred Brooks.

Gilbert Burns was expected to face Paul Felder at the event. However, Burns pulled out of the fight in mid-January citing injury. In turn, Felder was removed from the card and rescheduled against a new opponent at a separate event a week later.

A heavyweight contest between Derrick Lewis and Travis Browne was scheduled to take place at this event, but was moved a week later to headline an already scheduled Fight Night event.

George Sullivan was scheduled to face Randy Brown at the event. However on January 26, Sullivan was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier this year. Belal Muhammad was chosen as his replacement.

Luis Henrique was expected to face Marcin Tybura, but was pulled from the bout on February 1 due to NYSAC concerns related to a corrective eye surgery he underwent almost a year ago.[19][20] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Justin Willis. In turn, the bout was scrapped entirely as Willis was deemed "medically unfit" to compete.

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[Event] UFC 208 - Holm vs. de Randamie - Feb 11

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