On Thursday, UFC confirmed a pair of intriguing and exciting match-ups for their upcoming pay-per-view event in February.
Headlined by Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie in a five-round bout that will determine the first-ever UFC Women’s Featherweight (145-pound) Champion, UFC 208 in February will also feature an exciting heavyweight battle between Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis, as well as an intriguing lightweight battle between veterans Dustin Poirier and Jim Miller.
UFC.com wrote the following on Thursday regarding the Browne-Lewis and Poirier-Miller bouts:
“In a clash of heavyweight strikers, No. 9-ranked Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis will seek his sixth consecutive win when he battles seasoned veteran Travis “Hapa” Browne, who currently sits at No. 10 in the top 15 rankings.
“Plus, always exciting lightweights Jim Miller and Dustin Poirier meet in the Octagon for the first time, with New Jersey’s Miller attempting to extend his three-fight winning streak and crash the top 15 with a victory over Poirier, who has won four of five bouts since returning to 155 pounds in 2015.”
UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie takes place live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, February 11, 2017.
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