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.