Anderson Silva Vs. Michael Bisping set as UFC London Main Event

Today the UFC announced that Michael Bisping will no longer be fighting Gegard Mousasi at UFC London but will now be fighting Anderson Silva in the main event.

Bisping Vs. Mousasi was definitely interesting but the prospect of Silva fighting on UK shores against one of the biggest fighters in the UK definitely take this event to a new level.

Bisping is coming off of a decision win over Thales Leites in July at UFC Glasgow while Silva will be returning from a 1 year suspension, Silva won his last fight against Nick Diaz but the unanimous decision win was overturned after Silva tested positive for drostanolone and androsterone. Subsequently Diaz also tested positive for marijuana metabolites.

Bisping has been campaigning for a fight with Silva for years and even though he doesn’t hold the middleweight title anymore this is still a fun fight and a win could put Bisping closer to that illustrious UFC title shot.

UFC Fight Night 83 Fightcard (subject to change):

• Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva
• Nikita Krylov vs. Jimi Manuwa
• Brad Pickett vs. Henry Briones
• Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson
• Rustam Khabilov vs. Norman Parke
• Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura
• Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera
• Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza
• Martin Svensson vs. David Teymur
• Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski
• Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk