It has this evening been announced that Anderson “The Spider” Silva will take on Derek Brunson at UFC 208 next month.
UFC president Dana White today took to Twitter to make the announcement that will delight MMA fans across the globe.
Anderson "The Spider" Silva vs Derek Brunson #UFC208 in Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/wvCVA9utTi
— Dana White (@danawhite) January 13, 2017
Former P4P king Silva (33-8) will make his long awaited to return to action at the event that takes place at the Barclay’s Centre.
The former Middleweight champion who is currently on a 4-fight slide was last seen in action last July at UFC 200 when he suffered a unanimous decision loss to reigning Light Heavyweight champion Daniel Corimer in a non-title bout after taking the fight on only a few days notice.
Now “The Spider” will be looking to claim his first victory in over 3 years when he steps back into the octagon.
Brunson (16-4) will look to get back to winning ways after he suffered a 1st round TKO loss to Robert Whittiker at UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne, Australia.
Before that disappointing loss the 33-year old was riding a 5-fight winning streak which included four 1st round finishes against Ed Herman, Sam Alvey, Roan Carneiro and former TUF season 17 runner up Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 94 last September.
UFC 208 takes place on Saturday, February 11 207 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and MMA Plus will be on hand to bring you up to the minute news and results from the event.
Updated UFC 208 Card
Main Card
Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie for inaugural women’s Featherweight title
Anderson Silva vs. Derek Brunson
Travis Browne vs. Derrick Lewis
Glover Teixeira vs. Jared Cannonier
Dustin Poirier vs. Jim Miller
Gilbert Burns vs. Paul Felder
Undercard
Roan Carneiro vs. Ryan LaFlare
Nik Lentz vs. Islam Makhachev
Ian McCall vs. Neil Seery
Randy Brown vs. George Sullivan
Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
Wilson Reis vs. Ulka Sasaki
