The UFC’s long-awaited return to Philadelphia will include a middleweight fight between David Branch and Jack Hermansson.
Branch (22-5) is coming off an upset loss to Jared Cannonier at UFC 230. The former WSOF two-division champion is 2-2 since he returned to the UFC in May 2017. He beat Krzysztof Jotko by split decision at UFC 211, lost to Luke Rockhold later that September, and last April he knocked out Thiago Santos before the TKO defeat to Cannonier.
Hermansson (18-4) is riding a two-fight winning streak, most recently choking out Gerald Meerschaert at UFC on FOX 31 last December.