Duel between Lewis and Browne is the new main fight of UFC Halifax

Lewis (left) and Browne (right) will face each other on February 19th. (PHOTO: SUPER FIGHTS Production / Disclosure)

After injury to Stefan struve and the withdrawal of Junior Gypsy card, UFC Halifax, which will be held on February 19th in Canada, has a new main fight. This is a duel between Derrick Lewis and Travis Browne valid in the heavyweight category (up to 120kg), which was scheduled to take place at UFC 208, on February 11th. The information was confirmed by the organization itself.

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Last week, the website 'MMAJunkie' (USA) announced that the event's main attraction would be a duel between middleweights (up to 84kg) John hendricks e Hector Lombard, but the news did not materialize. However, the duel was also scheduled for the main card of UFC Halifax.

Lewis, 31 years old, is coming off a victory, his fifth in a row, against Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Albany, in December 2016, the first time he had a main fight in Ultimate. Number 8 in the heavyweight rankings, the “Black Beast” has eight wins and two defeats in the organization.

Browne, in turn, is going through the opposite phase. Going through the worst moment of his career, he lost three of his last four fights, the most recent to Fabricio Werdum at UFC 203 last September. At 34 years old, her boyfriend Ronda Rousey, 9th in the ranking, has accumulated nine triumphs, five setbacks and one draw in the company.

The UFC Halifax card still has, so far, three Brazilians. Cezar Mutant, Thiago Marreta e Reginaldo Vieira, who face, respectively, Elias Theodorou, Jack Marshman and Aiemann Zahabi. the argentine Santiago Ponzinibbio is also scheduled for the show, and will face Frenchman Nordine Taleb, who knocked out Erick silva on March 2016.

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