Fight Week: UFC 208 – Brooklyn, NY

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to New York this weekend for the third time since legalization of MMA last year. Setting up shop this time at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, the UFC 208 card is headlined by a title bout for the new women’s 145lb division. Holly Holm will meet Germaine de Randamie to see who will be the first ever UFC women’s featherweight champion. The co-main event brings New York fans an opportunity to see the man who many consider the greatest MMA fighter of all time, Anderson “The Spider” Silva. He’ll face off against tough middleweight KO artist Derek Brunson.

As exciting as those fights may (or may not) be to some, what gets us excited here at New York Fighting are the local fighters on the card. Long Island’s own Ryan LaFlare returns after a long layoff to face a tough veteran in Roan Carneiro. Looking for a Fight‘s Randy “Rudeboy” Brown takes on late replacement Belal Muhammad in what will be the former Ring of Combat champion’s 5th fight in just over a year. We also get to see Brooklyn, NY native Phillipe Nover in a featherweight matchup against Rick Glenn.

UFC 208 takes place Saturday, Feb 11, at the Barclays Center

Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie

Anderson Silva vs. Derek Brunson

Ronaldo Souza vs. Tim Boetsch

Jared Cannonier vs. Glover Teixeira

Jim Miller vs. Dustin Poirier

Ian McCall vs. Jarred Brooks

Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare

Randy Brown vs. Belal Muhammad

Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki

Marcin Tybura vs. TBA

Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev

Rick Glenn vs. Phillipe Nover