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Injury has forced Henry Briones (16-5-1) out of his UFC Fight Night 83 bout with UK slugger Brad Pickett (24-10) the UFC has announced today with Francisco Rivera (11-5-1) stepping in to replace Briones.

Rivera who is currently ranked at #15 in the bantamweight rankings has gone 1-3 in his last four outings and will look to get back to winning way when he faces the man they call “One Punch” after being on the wrong end of a submission loss to John Lineker at UFC 191 last September.

Like his opponent, Pickett will enter the octagon looking to get back to winning ways and put an end to a three fight losing streak in the UFC which has seen him drop decision’s to Ian McCall and Chico Camus as well as be on the wrong end of a highlight reel flying knee KO loss to Thomas Almeida at UFC 189.

This bout potentially has massive implications for both fighters with the likelihood of another loss resulting in the loser being cut from the worlds number one mixed martial arts promotion.

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UPDATED UFC FIGHT NIGHT 83 CARD

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping
Gegard Mousasi vs. Thales Leites
Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura
Brad Pickett vs. Francisco Rivera

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Mike Wilkinson vs. Makwan Amirkhani
Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera
Scott Askham vs. Chris Dempsey
Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza
Middleweight Brad Scott vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Norman Parke vs. Rustam Khabilov
Daniel Omielańczuk vs. Jarjis Danho
Teemu Packalen vs. Łukasz Sajewski
David Teymur vs. Martin Svensson

UFC Fight Night 83 goes down on Saturday February 27th, 2016 at London’s o2 arena and MMA Plus will be there to bring all the latest happenings.