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UFC: Fight for the Troops 3 (also known as UFC Fight Night 31) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on November 6, 2013 at Fort Campbell in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Tim Kennedy vs Rafael Natal
Women's Bantamweight Liz Carmouche vs. Alexis Davis
Middleweight Ronny Markes vs. Yoel Romero
Lightweight Jorge Masvidal vs. Rustam Khabilov
Lightweight Colton Smith vs. Michael Chiesa
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight James Krause vs. Bobby Green
Bantamweight George Roop vs. Francisco Rivera
Featherweight Dennis Bermudez vs. Steven Siler
Women's Bantamweight Germaine de Randamie vs. Amanda Nunes
Preliminary card (Online Prelims)
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Lorenz Larkin
Lightweight Yves Edwards vs. Yancy Medeiros
Welterweight Neil Magny vs. Seth Baczynski
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Brian Houston
Background
The event will be the fourth that the UFC has hosted in cooperation with a US military base, following UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs in 2006, UFC: Fight for the Troops in 2008 and UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 in 2011.
A bout between George Roop and Francisco Rivera, previously linked to UFC 166 was moved to this event to bolster the card.
Nik Lentz was briefly scheduled to face Dennis Bermudez at the event. However, Lentz was pulled from the pairing with Bermudez in favor of a bout with Chad Mendes on December 14, 2013 at UFC on Fox 9. Bermudez will now face Steven Siler.
Tim Kennedy was expected to face Lyoto Machida in the event headliner. However, Machida was pulled from the bout in favor of a matchup with Mark Muñoz on October 26, 2013 at UFC Fight Night 30, after Muñoz's original opponent, Michael Bisping was forced out of their bout with an injury. Kennedy will now face Rafael Natal in the event headliner.
Sep 28 -Updated fight card & background
Oct 15 -Updated fight card & background