Karl Williams Replaces Chris Barnett, Meets Chase Sherman at UFC 287

Karl
Williams
will replace Chris
Barnett
and square off against Chase
Sherman
at UFC
287
.

The promotion’s Brazilian site recently
confirmed
the new heavyweight pairing. UFC 287 takes place on
Saturday at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Florida, and is headlined by
a middleweight championship rematch between Alex
Pereira
and Israel
Adesanya
. Barnett withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed
reasons.

Williams extended his winning streak to five in his Octagon debut,
as he outpointed Lukasz
Brzeski
at UFC Fight Night 221 on March 11. Prior to that
triumph, the American Top Team Atlanta product earned a UFC deal
with a decision win over Jimmy
Lawson
on Dana White’s Contender Series last September.

Sherman, meanwhile, is 1-5 in his last six UFC appearances. Most
recently, “The Vanilla Gorilla” suffered a unanimous decision loss
to Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
at UFC Fight Night 215 on Nov. 19.

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