Benson Henderson To Make UFC Welterweight Debut In New UFC Fight Night 60 Main Event

Fresh off of a controversial decision loss to Donald Cerrone at the UFC Fight Night 59 event last month, former UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson will make his UFC Welterweight debut at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 60 event in just under two weeks.

UFC announced this weekend that Henderson will be replacing Stephen Thompson in the new UFN 60 main event against Brandon Thatch.

UFC Fight Night 60 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 14th from the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, airing live on FOX Sports 1.

Below is the complete UFN 60 lineup:

UFC Fight Night 60
Saturday, February 14, 2015
1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado
LIVE on FOX Sports 1

FS1 Main Card Fights (10pm EST.)

– Benson Henderson vs. Brandon Thatch
– Max Holloway vs. Cole Miller
– Kiichi Kunimoto vs. Neil Magny
– Daniel Kelly vs. Patrick Walsh
– Michel Prazeres vs. Kevin Lee
– Ray Borg vs. Chris Kelades

FS1 Preliminary Fights (8pm EST.)

– Nik Lentz vs. Thiago Tavares
– Efrain Escudero vs. Rodrigo Lima
– Jim Alers vs. Chas Skelly
– Tim Elliott vs. Zach Makovsky

Fight Pass Preliminary Fights (7:30pm EST.)

– Jake Lindsey vs. James Moontasri

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