UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)
Venue Consol Energy Center
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Event chronology

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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy (also known as UFC Fight Night 83) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on February 21, 2016 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Background

The event will be the second that the promotion has hosted in Pittsburgh, and first since UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry in June of 2011.[1] It was originally expected to be headlined by a welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and Tim Means.[3] On February 3, it was announced that Means was informed of a potential USADA anti-doping policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection. Because there was insufficient time for a full review and proper promotion before the scheduled bout, Means was pulled from the fight by the UFC.[4] The following day, Alex Oliveira was announced as his replacement.[5]

Sam Alvey was expected to face Daniel Sarafian at the event. Alvey pulled out of the bout in late December after sustaining a broken jaw and was replaced by Oluwale Bamgbose.[6][7]

Bryan Barberena was briefly linked to a bout with Jonavin Webb at the event. On January 22, Barberena was pulled from that fight in favor of a matchup with Sage Northcutt on January 30 at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader, replacing an injured Andrew Holbrook.[8] He was replaced by Nathan Coy.[9]

Sarah Moras was expected to face Lauren Murphy at the event. However, Moras pulled out of the bout on February 12 citing injury. A replacement is expected to be announced soon.[10]

A welterweight bout between Brandon Thatch and Siyar Bahadurzada, originally slated for this event was rescheduled due to Thatch's inability to gain clearance for needed medication for the event. The bout will take place two weeks later at UFC 196.[11]

John Lineker was expected to face Cody Garbrandt at the event. However on February 15, Lineker pulled out of the fight due to dengue fever. It is not known if a short-notice replacement for Garbrandt will be sought.[12]

Also on the week leading up to the event, Trevor Smith pulled out of his middleweight bout against Leonardo Augusto Guimarães due to a hand injury. The UFC is currently seeking a replacement for Guimarães.[13]

Official fight card

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Oliveira
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Roan Carneiro
Featherweight Dennis Bermudez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Joe Riggs
Lightweight James Krause vs. Shane Campbell
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

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 Welterweight Alex Garcia vs. Sean Strickland

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 Middleweight Daniel Sarafian vs. Oluwale Bamgbose
Welterweight Jonavin Webb vs. Nathan Coy
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Bantamweight Marion Reneau vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith
Heavyweight Anthony Hamilton vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov

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    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 UFC Press Release (2015-12-03). "UFC sets February date in Pittsburgh". ufc.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
    2. ↑ Staff (2015-12-03). "UFC Fight Night 82 set for Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center on Feb. 21". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
    3. ↑ Matt Erickson (2016-01-01). "'Cowboy' Cerrone moves to 170, meets Tim Means in UFC Fight Night 82 main event". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
    4. ↑ Staff (2016-02-03). "Tim Means pulled from UFC Fight Night 83 headliner after failed USADA test". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
    5. ↑ Staff (2016-02-04). "'Cowboy' vs. 'Cowboy' set as new UFC Fight Night 83 headliner (Updated)". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
    6. ↑ Staff (2015-12-29). "Sam Alvey suffers broken jaw, out of UFC Fight Night 82 vs. Daniel Sarafian". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
    7. ↑ Tristen Critchfield (2016-01-05). "Oluwale Bamgbose replaces injured Sam Alvey, meets Daniel Sarafian at UFC Fight Night Pittsburgh". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
    8. ↑ Staff (2016-01-22). "Andrew Holbrook out, Bryan Barberena meets Sage Northcutt at UFC on FOX 18". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
    9. ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (2016-01-23). "Coy, Webb meet in the Steel City". ufc.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
    10. ↑ John Morgan (2016-02-12). "Sarah Moras out at UFC Fight Night 83, UFC seeks opponent for Lauren Murphy". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
    11. ↑ Staff (2016-02-12). "'Medication' clearance issue moves Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Brandon Thatch to UFC 196". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
    12. ↑ Staff (2016-02-15). "John Lineker out of UFC Fight Night 83 bout vs. Garbrandt with dengue fever". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
    13. ↑ Staff (2016-02-15). "Trevor Smith injured, out of UFC Fight Night 83 bout with Leonardo Augusto Guimaraes". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
    14. ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
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