UFC on Fox 18 - Johnson vs. Bader --- UFC Fight Night 83 - Cowboy vs. Cowboy
UFC Fight Night 82: Hendricks vs. Thompson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on February 6, 2016, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Johny Hendricks vs. Stephen Thompson
Heavyweight Roy Nelson vs. Jared Rosholt
Light Heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux vs. Rafael Cavalcante
Flyweight Joseph Benavidez vs. Zach Makovsky
Light Heavyweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Alex Nicholson
Welterweight Mike Pyle vs. Sean Spencer
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Josh Burkman vs. K.J. Noons
Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Damian Grabowski
Flyweight Ray Borg vs. Justin Scoggins
Featherweight Noad Lahat vs. Diego Rivas
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Mickey Gall vs. Mike Jackson
Featherweight Artem Lobov vs. Alex White
Background
The event was originally billed as UFC 196 and was scheduled to be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between current champion FabrÃcio Werdum and former two-time champion Cain Velasquez. A series of events eventually led to a main event shuffle: on January 24, 13 days before the event, Velasquez pulled out of the bout due to a back injury and was replaced by Stipe Miocic. On the following day, Werdum announced that he was pulling out of the event due to injury as well as he wasn't comfortable with the opponent change while dealing with injuries of his own.
With no viable main event options remaining, on January 26 UFC President Dana White announced the company was canceling the pay-per-view broadcast. Therefore, UFC 196 became a Fight Night card. The event will now air on Fox Sports 1 and will be headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Johny Hendricks and five-time kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson. The two were originally scheduled to meet in the co-main event.
Mickey Gall, whose first pro bout and subsequent call-out of former WWE Champion CM Punk were featured on UFC Fight Pass' Looking for a Fight reality show, will face fellow newcomer Mike Jackson. With a win, Gall is expected to face Punk later this year.
Jan 12 - Updated fight card
Jan 29 - Updated fight card & background
