UFC Fight Night 95 - Cyborg vs. Lansberg --- UFC 204 - Bisping vs. Henderson 2
UFC Fight Night 96: Lineker vs. Dodson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that will be held on October 1, 2016 at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Bantamweight John Lineker vs. John Dodson
Lightweight Will Brooks vs. Alex Oliveira
Welterweight Josh Burkman vs. Zak Ottow
Flyweight Louis Smolka vs. Brandon Moreno
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)
Light Heavyweight Luis Henrique da Silva vs. Joachim Christensen
Featherweight Hacran Dias vs. Andre Fili
Heavyweight Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Walt Harris
Welterweight Keita Nakamura vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight Nate Marquardt vs. Tamdan McCrory
Light Heavyweight Jonathan Wilson vs. Ion Cutelaba
Heavyweight Cody East vs. Curtis Blaydes
Women's Bantamweight Kelly Faszholz vs. Ketlen Vieira
Background
The event will be the second that the organization hosted in Portland, with the first being UFC 102 in August 2009.
The event is expected to be headlined by a bantamweight bout between John Lineker and former two-time UFC Flyweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller bantamweight winner John Dodson.
On September 9, two fighters pulled out from their bouts: Brian Ortega and Bobby Green were expected to face Hacran Dias and Joshua Burkman, respectively. Ortega was replaced by Andre Fili, while Green was replaced by promotional newcomer Zak Ottow.
Sergio Pettis was scheduled to face Louis Smolka at the event. However, Pettis pulled out of the fight on September 22 citing what his trainer described as "a minor injury". Smolka will remain on the card and is expected to face Brandon Moreno.
Sep 29 - Updated fight card & background