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UFC Fight Night 93: Arlovski vs. Barnett is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that will be held on September 3, 2016 at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany.


Official fight card

Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Josh Barnett
Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jan Blachowicz
Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader vs. Ilir Latifi
Lightweight Nick Hein vs. Tae Hyun Bang

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Welterweight Jessin Ayari vs. Jim Wallhead
Welterweight Peter Sobotta vs. Nicolas Dalby
Bantamweight Taylor Lapilus vs. Leandro Issa
Heavyweight Jarjis Danho vs. Christian Colombo
Middleweight Scott Askham vs. Jack Hermansson
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov vs. Leandro Silva
Women's Bantamweight Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Veronica Macedo



Background

After holding four previous events in Germany (Cologne, Oberhausen and Berlin twice), the event will be the first that the organization has hosted in Hamburg.

A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champions, Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett is expected to serve as event headliner.

Promotional newcomer Emil Weber Meek was scheduled to face fellow newcomer Jessin Ayari at the event. However, Meek was removed from the fight on July 20 due to "compliance" issues, related to the UFC’s Anti-Doping Policy. One week later, he was replaced by another newcomer: Jim Wallhead.

Reza Madadi was expected to face Rustam Khabilov at the event. However on July 25, Madadi pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Leandro Silva.

A long rumored fight between Henry Briones and Brad Pickett was expected to take place on the card. However, Briones was replaced in early August for undisclosed reasons by Iuri Alcântara. Subsequently, that pairing was rescheduled to take place a month later at UFC 204.

Aisling Daly was expected to face former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson at the event. However, Daly was pulled from the fight on August 9 due to injury. Promotion officials reportedly searched to replace Daly in an attempt to keep Waterson on the card. In turn, Waterson was removed from the card after injuring her finger.

Germaine de Randamie was scheduled to face Ashlee Evans-Smith on the card. However, de Randamie pulled out of the fight in mid-August citing a foot injury and was replaced by Veronica Macedo.

A featherweight bout between promotional newcomers Martin Buschkamp and Alex Enlund was scrapped from the card during the week leading up to the event due to Enlund being injured.



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