With originally scheduled opponent Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza being moved to the UFC 230 co-main event to replace an injured Luke Rockhold against Chris Weidman, Branch will now fight Jared Cannonier in a middleweight bout on the upcoming Madison Square Garden card, the UFC announced Monday.
After going 3-4 in the UFC competing at heavyweight and light heavyweight, Cannonier is moving down to 185 pounds. He was already scheduled to do so for a Nov. 17 bout with Alessio Di Chirico in Buenos Aires, Argentina.