UFC 208: Holly Holm to fight for first women's featherweight title in February

The former women's bantamweight champ will get the first crack at a 145-pound belt

UFC is expanding once again. After introducing the women's divisions in 2012, the company has long discussed adding more weightclasses beyond the 115-pound strawweight division and 135-pound bantamweight division.

Now, things get kicked up a notch. UFC will add a women's featherweight division beginning in 2017 with the inaugural title fight coming at UFC 208 between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie.

The two will headline the UFC 208 card on Feb. 11 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Holm of course was the first UFC fighter to stop Ronda Rousey back in 2015 with a devastating second-round TKO. Since then, however, Holm is 0-2 including a loss to Miesha Tate for the women's bantamweight title.

Holm was originally in discussion with Strikeforce and Invicta FC star Cris Cyborg for the belt, but talks broke down. According to MMAFighting.com, Cyborg asked for a fight in March, but UFC went ahead with plans for Holm to take on de Randamie.

De Randamie is 2-1 in her UFC career with two consecutive TKO victories. Cyborg is 17-1 (1) in her MMA career with her lone loss coming in her professional debut in 2005.