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UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on May 29, 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Bantamweight Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt
Featherweight Renan Barão vs. Jeremy Stephens
Welterweight Tarec Saffiedine vs. Rick Story
Middleweight Chris Camozzi vs. Vitor Miranda
Welterweight Jorge Masvidal vs. Lorenz Larkin
Lightweight Josh Burkman vs. Paul Felder
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Women's Bantamweight Sara McMann vs. Jessica Eye
Lightweight Abel Trujillo vs. Jordan Rinaldi
Middleweight Jake Collier vs. Alberto Uda
Lightweight Erik Koch vs. Shane Campbell
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling vs. Bryan Caraway
Heavyweight Chris De La Rocha vs. Adam Milstead
Background
A bantamweight bout between top undefeated prospects Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt is expected to headline the event.
Keith Berish was very briefly linked to a bout with Jake Collier at the event. However, Berish pulled out due to injury on March 31 and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alberto Uda.
Joe Proctor was expected to face Erik Koch at the event. However, Proctor pulled out of the fight on April 21 citing injury and was replaced by Shane Campbell.
Carlos Diego Ferreira was expected to face Abel Trujillo, but was pulled from the event on May 13 due to a potential USADA anti-doping violation stemming from a recent out-of-competition sample collection. In accordance with the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, Ferreira has received a provisional suspension. Additional violation information will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Jordan Rinaldi.
May 24 - Updated fight card & background
