UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will remain on the UFC 200 card on Saturday in Las Vegas as former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is stepping up on two days notice to meet Cormier in a three round, non-title fight.
The news of Silva stepping up to take this fight was initially reported by Combate on late Thursday afternoon and UFC President Dana White confirmed the fight booking on late Thursday evening.
Cormier vs Silva!!! #UFC200 pic.twitter.com/c2QYsgEb68
— Dana White (@danawhite) July 8, 2016
The current UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes fight card is below.
Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Miesha Tate (18-5) vs. Amanda Nunes (12-4)
Brock Lesnar (5-3) vs. Mark Hunt (12-10-1)
Daniel Cormier (17-1) vs. Anderson Silva (33-7, 1NC)
Jose Aldo (25-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (20-4-1)
Cain Velasquez (13-2) vs. Travis Browne (18-3-1)
Preliminary Card: (FS1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Cat Zingano (9-1) vs. Julianna Pena (7-2)
Johny Hendricks (17-4) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-2)
T.J. Dillashaw (12-3) vs. Raphael Assuncao (23-4)
Sage Northcutt (7-1) vs. Enrique Marin (8-3)
Preliminary Card: (UFC Fight Pass – 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT)
Diego Sanchez (26-8) vs. Joe Lauzon (25-11)
Gegard Mousasi (38-6-2) vs. Thiago Santos (13-3)
Jim Miller (25-8, 1NC) vs. Takanori Gomi (35-11, 1NC)