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UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on January 17, 2016 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw (c) vs. Dominick Cruz For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
Lightweight Anthony Pettis vs. Eddie Alvarez
Heavyweight Travis Browne vs. Matt Mitrione
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Patrick Côté vs. Ben Saunders
Light Heavyweight Tim Boetsch vs. Ed Herman
Lightweight Chris Wade vs. Mehdi Baghdad
Featherweight Maximo Blanco vs. Luke Sanders
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight Paul Felder vs. Daron Cruickshank
Featherweight Charles Rosa vs. Augusto Mendes
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi vs. Sean O'Connell
Bantamweight Rob Font vs. Joey Gomez
Light Heavyweight Francimar Barroso vs. Elvis Mutapcic
Background
A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion T.J. Dillashaw and former WEC and UFC Bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is expected to headline this event.
Beneil Dariush was expected to face Mairbek Taisumov at this event. However on December 3, Dariush was forced to pull out of the bout due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Wade. In turn, Taisumov was pulled from the fight during the week leading to the event due to alleged visa issues and was replaced by promotional newcomer Mehdi Baghdad.
Dennis Bermudez was expected to face Maximo Blanco at this event. However on December 5, Bermudez pulled out of the bout due to a staph infection in his shin. On January 4, it was announced that he was replaced by promotional newcomer Luke Sanders.
Patrick Williams was expected to face Rob Font at this event. However, Williams was forced to pull out due to injury in late December. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Joey Gomez.
Jimy Hettes was expected to face Charles Rosa. However on January 10, only 8 days before the event, Hettes pulled out due to injury. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Augusto Mendes.
Promotional newcomer Abdul-Kerim Edilov was expected to face Francimar Barroso at the event. However, Edilov pulled out of the fight in the days leading up to the event citing a knee injury and was replaced by fellow newcomer Elvis Mutapcic.
Jan 12 - Updated fight card & background
