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UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on October 8, 2016 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.Official fight card
Main CardMiddleweight Michael Bisping (c) vs. Dan Henderson For the UFC Middleweight Championship.Middleweight Vitor Belfort vs. Gegard Mousasi
Light Heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux vs. Jimi Manuwa
Heavyweight Stefan Struve vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Featherweight Mirsad Bektic vs. Russell Doane Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)Bantamweight Iuri Alcântara vs. Brad Pickett
Bantamweight Ian Entwistle vs. Rob Font
Bantamweight Damian Stasiak vs. Davey Grant
Welterweight Leon Edwards vs. Albert Tumenov Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)Welterweight Danny Roberts vs. Mike Perry
Lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Adriano Martins
Lightweight Łukasz Sajewski vs. Marc Diakiese BackgroundThis will be the fourth UFC event contested in Manchester and first PPV event held in the European/Middle East market since UFC 112.
In order for the event to be broadcast live during Prime time hours on the east coast of North America, the main card is expected to begin at 3:00 am (October 9) local time in Manchester (GMT), with a full preliminary card beginning at approximately 11:00 pm (October 8) local time. Despite the very late starting time, ticket demand was exceptionally high, as all tickets for the venue sold out in a matter of minutes.
The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship fight between current champion Michael Bisping and the former Pride Welterweight, Pride Middleweight and former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson. The pairing met previously in July 2009 at UFC 100 with Henderson taking the victory via second round highlight reel knockout.
A bantamweight bout between Brad Pickett and Iuri Alcântara was previously linked to UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett. However, it is now expected to be contested at this event.
Ruslan Magomedov was expected to face Stefan Struve at this event, but pulled out on September 9 due to a staph infection. Struve will now face Daniel Omielanczuk.
Arnold Allen was scheduled to face Mirsad Bektic at the event. However, Allen pulled out of the fight on 29 September for undisclosed reasons. Jeremy Kennedy was briefly linked as the replacement. Subsequently, just hours after his participation was publicly confirmed, Kennedy indicated he was injured and unable to fight. Bektic will now face Russell Doane.
Reza Madadi was expected to face promotional newcomer Marc Diakiese at the event. However, Madadi pulled out of the fight in the week leading up to the event citing an eye injury and replaced by Łukasz Sajewski.Sep 29 - Updated fight card
Oct 6 - Updated fight card & background
