| UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 3, 2016 (2016-09-03) | |||
| Venue | Barclaycard Arena | |||
| City | Hamburg, Germany | |||
| Attendance | 11,763[1] | |||
| Total gate | $913,428[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett (also known asUFC Fight Night 93) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship held on September 3, 2016, atBarclaycard Arena inHamburg, Germany.[2]
After holding four previous events in Germany (Cologne,Oberhausen andBerlin twice), the event was the first that the organization has hosted inHamburg.[2]
A heavyweight bout between formerUFC Heavyweight ChampionsAndrei Arlovski andJosh Barnett served as the event headliner.[3][4]
Promotional newcomerEmil Weber Meek was expected to face fellow newcomerJessin Ayari at the event. However, Meek was removed from the card on July 20 due to "compliance" issues, related to the UFC’s Anti-Doping Policy.[5] One week later, he was replaced by another newcomerJim Wallhead.[6]
Reza Madadi was expected to faceRustam Khabilov at the event. However on July 25, Madadi pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced byLeandro Silva.[7]
A long rumored fight betweenHenry Briones andBrad Pickett was expected to take place on the card. However, Briones was replaced in early August for undisclosed reasons byIuri Alcântara.[8] Subsequently, that pairing was rescheduled to take place a month later atUFC 204.[9]
Aisling Daly was expected to face formerInvicta FC Atomweight ChampionMichelle 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.[10] In turn, Waterson was removed from the card after injuring her finger.[11]
Germaine de Randamie was scheduled to faceAshlee Evans-Smith on the card. However, de Randamie pulled out of the fight in mid-August citing a foot injury and was replaced by promotional newcomerVeronica Macedo.[12]
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.[13]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Andrei Arlovski | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:53 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alexander Gustafsson | def. | Jan Błachowicz | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | def. | Ilir Latifi | KO (knee) | 2 | 2:06 | |
| Lightweight | Nick Hein | def. | Tae Hyun Bang | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Jessin Ayari | def. | Jim Wallhead | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Peter Sobotta | def. | Nicolas Dalby | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Ashlee Evans-Smith | def. | Veronica Macedo | TKO (punches and elbows) | 3 | 2:46 | |
| Bantamweight | Taylor Lapilus | def. | Leandro Issa | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Christian Colombo | vs. | Jarjis Danho | Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Jack Hermansson | def. | Scott Askham | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rustam Khabilov | def. | Leandro Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[15]
