UFC Fight Night 82 - Hendricks vs. Thompson --- UFC Fight Night 84 - Silva vs. Bisping
UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on February 21, 2016 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Oliveira
Middleweight Derek Brunson vs. Roan Carneiro
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt vs. Augusto Mendes
Featherweight Dennis Bermudez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Joe Riggs
Lightweight James Krause vs. Shane Campbell
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Welterweight Alex Garcia vs. Sean Strickland
Middleweight Daniel Sarafian vs. Oluwale Bamgbose
Middleweight Anthony Smith vs. Leonardo Augusto Guimarães
Welterweight Jonavin Webb vs. Nathan Coy
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Bantamweight Marion Reneau vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith
Women's Bantamweight Lauren Murphy vs. Kelly Faszholz
Heavyweight Anthony Hamilton vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov
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. It was originally expected to be headlined by a welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and Tim Means. 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. The following day, Alex Oliveira was announced as his replacement.
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.
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. He was replaced by Nathan Coy.
Sarah Moras was expected to face Lauren Murphy at the event. However, Moras pulled out of the bout on February 12 citing injury. She was replaced by promotional newcomer Kelly Faszholz.
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.
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. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Augusto Mendes.
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. He was replaced by returning veteran Anthony Smith.
Jan 30 - Updated fight card & background
Feb 06 - Updated fight card & background
Feb 12 - Updated event name to Cowboy vs. Cowboy
Feb 18 - Updated fight card & background
