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Anderson Silva Returns to Face Michael Bisping in UFC Fight Night 83 Main Event
In a surprising move, UFC president Dana White on Thursday announced that Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping would headline UFC Fight Night 83 on Feb. 27 in London.
The match-up itself is not all that surprising, but the fact that the UFC is putting such a high profile main event on a UFC Fight Pass event is. It marks a significant change in direction for the Fight Pass brand since former Yahoo exec Eric Winter took the reigns of the UFC's digital subscription service.
This move follows slotting a premium lightweight match-up between Dustin Poirier and Joseph Duffy in the top spot of the UFC Fight Pass prelims for next week's UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit event in Las Vegas.
As for the match-up itself, this will be Silva's (33-6, 1 NC) first fight since he had a win over Nick Diaz at UFC 183 in January changed to a no contest after he failed multiple drug tests.
Silva failed a Jan. 9 out-of-competition drug test after testing positive for Drostolanone and Androstane, both are anabolic steroids. He also failed his Jan. 31 post-fight drug test, again testing positive for Drostolanone. He was suspended for one year from the date of the fight, so he should be clear to fight on Feb. 27 in London.
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Bisping (17-7) hasn't fought since July, when he won a split-decision victory over Thales Leites. He was supposed to have fought Robert Whittaker at UFC 193 in November, but an injury forced him out of the bout.
UFC officials had already announced a UFC Fight Night 83 bout between Bisping and Gegard Mousasi, but when plans for various other headlining bouts fell through, they moved to Silva vs. Bisping, which combines the powerful punch of Silva's return with Bisping's home country popularity.
As of the time of publication, there had been no word on what the UFC plans for Mousasi.
