Heavyweights Derrick Lewis, Travis Browne to meet in new Halifax UFC main event
Heavyweights Derrick (The Black Beast) Lewis and Travis (Hapa) Browne will face off in the new main event of a televised UFC Fight Night card in Halifax next month.
Former champion Junior Dos Santos, ranked fourth among heavyweight contenders, was originally set to meet No. 11 Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve in the main event Feb. 19 at Scotiabank Centre. But Struve, who was stopped in the first round when the two first met in 2009, pulled out with a shoulder injury that required surgery.
Lewis, ranked No. 8 among heavyweights, and No. 9 Browne were originally slated to meet Feb. 11 at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lewis (17-4-0 with one no contest) is 8-2-0 in the UFC and has won his last five fights. Browne (18-5-1) has lost three of his last four against top opposition, beaten by Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez most recently.