The main event of UFC Halifax was originally scheduled to be Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Stuve, but Struve pulled out of the fight, and the UFC failed to find dos Santos an opponent, so he was also pulled from the card. Now, another heavyweight bout, has been promoted to the headliner.

Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole announced the news over Twitter.

Lewis (17-4 1NC) is currently in the best form of his career, and it is showing in his fights. “The Black Beast” is riding a five fight win streak, with four finishes. The streak started at UFC 192, where he stopped Viktor Pesta in the third round. His second straight win came against Damian Grabowski in the first round, before he did the same to Gabriel Gonzaga. Lewis then took a split decision over Roy Nelson before stopping Shamil Abdurakhimov in the fourth round of their main event bout at UFC Albany.

Browne (18-5-1) was regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the UFC not too long ago, but has suffered four losses in his last six outings. Many put that down to his move to Edmond Tarverdyan’s gym GFC. We may get to see if that’s actually the case in this bout, though as it was revealed not too long ago that “Hapa” would be spending this training camp at Black House.

UFC Fight Night 105 takes place live from the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Feb. 19.

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