Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson is moving up the welterweight division and he will make his 170 pound debut in two weeks as he will meet Brandon Thatch in the main event of UFC Fight Night 60.
The fight booking was announced by Ariel Helwani on the UFC 183 Post Fight Show on Fox Sports 1.
UFC Fight Night 60 will come from the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on February 14 and the main card will air on Fox Sports 1.
Henderson (21-5) was scheduled to meet Jorge Masvidal in April at UFC Fight Night 63 and Masvidal will receive a new opponent. Henderson has lost back to back fights and his last defeat came two weeks ago against Donald Cerrone. Thatch (11-1) is currently on a ten fight winning streak and two of those wins have come in the UFC. Injuries have keep him on the sideline in 2014 as his last fight came in November of last year as he defeated Paulo Thiago at UFC Fight Night 32.
The current UFC Fight Night 60 fight card is below.
Main Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Benson Henderson (21-5) vs. Brandon Thatch (11-1)
Max Holloway (11-3) vs. Cole Miller (21-8)
Neil Magny (13-3) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (18-5-2, 1NC)
Daniel Kelly (8-0) vs. Patrick Walsh (5-1)
Michel Prazeres (18-1) vs. Kevin Lee (9-1)
Ray Borg (7-1) vs. Chris Kelades (8-1)
Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Nik Lentz (25-6-2, 1NC) vs. Thiago Tavares (19-5-1)
Efrain Escudero (23-9) vs. Rodrigo de Lima (8-2-1)
Chas Skelly (13-1) vs. Jim Alers (13-1)
Zach Makovsky (18-5) vs. Tim Elliott (10-5-1)
Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT)
James Moontasri (7-2) vs. Cody Pfister (11-3-1)