UFC Fight Night 116 Fight Card

UFC Fight Night 116 takes place this coming Saturday, September 16th in Pittsburgh and we’ve got the full fight card for you below.

In the main event of the evening former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold returns to action for the first time in 15 months to fight former WSOF two-division titleholder David Branch.

In the co-main event veteran UFC fighter Thiago Alves will go to battle with Mike Perry, with both men coming off a victory last time out.

Hector Lombard is without a win in his last five Octagon outings, so a victory over Anthony Smith will be essential for him on Saturday night.

Gregor Gillespie brings a perfect 9-0 record to the cage against Jason Gonzalez, who is 1-1 in his UFC campaign to date.

Someone’s winning streak has to go this weekend as Sergio Moraes seven fight unbeaten stretch goes up against Kamaru Usman’s five victories in a row.

Opening up the main card will be two unbeaten fighters as Justin Ledet (8-0) welcomes Dmitriy Sosnovskiy (10-0) to the Octagon.

Check out the full UFC Fight Night 116 card below.

Main Card:

Luke Rockhold vs. David Branch

Thiago Alves vs. Mike Perry

Hector Lombard vs. Anthony Smith

Gregor Gillespie vs. Jason Gonzalez

Sergio Moraes vs. Kamaru Usman

Justin Ledet vs. Dmitriy Sosnovskiy

Prelims:

Tony Martin vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Anthony Hamilton vs. Daniel Spitz

Uriah Hall vs. Krzysztof Jotko

Luke Sanders vs. Felipe Arantes

Fight Pass:

Gilbert Burns vs. Jason Saggo

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