A middleweight bout initially scheduled for UFC 176 will now take place at UFC 177 on August 30th in Sacramento as Lorenz Larkin will meet Derek Brunson.
The new date for the fight was announced by the UFC on Wednesday.
UFC 177 will come from the Sleep Train Arena on August 30th and will be headlined by TJ Dillashaw defending the bantamweight title against Renan Barao.
Larkin (14-3, 1NC) has dropped back to back fights and has gone 1-3 in the UFC since joining the company following the merger with Strikeforce. His lone victory in the UFC came late last night as he defeated Chris Camozzi by unanimous decision at UFC Fight for the Troops 3.
Brunson (11-3) is also a former Strikeforce fighter and he has won two of his three fights in the UFC. In most recent appearance in the octagon came in January at UFC Fight Night 35 and was defeated by Yoel Romero in the Fight of the Night bonus winner.
The current UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Barao II fight card is below.
TJ Dillashaw (10-2) vs. Renan Barao (32-2, 1NC)
Bethe Correia (8-0) vs. Shayna Baszler (15-8)
Tony Ferguson (15-3) vs. Danny Castillo (17-6)
Lorenz Larkin (14-3, 1NC) vs. Derek Brunson (11-3)