Key Light Heavyweight Bout Slated For UFC Fight Night 83

UFC officials have added another key bout to the upcoming UFC Fight Night 83 card. That new bout will come from the light heavyweight division when Jimi Manuwa and Nikita Krylov battle it out.

Manuwa (15-2) holds a 4-2 UFC record and is coming off a loss to Anthony Johnson in September, which broke his winning streak.

Krylov (19-4) is on a row since dropping to light heavyweight as he is 3-1 in his last four and has won three straight fights with wins over Marcos Rogerio de Lima, Stanislav Nedkov and Cody Donovan.

As of this writing, there is no word on what the main event will be for this event. UFC Fight Night 83 takes place Feb 27 at The O2 in London. The promotion has not revealed the U.S. broadcast plans for this event.

Here is the updated card for the event:

Michael Bisping vs. Gegard Mousasi

Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson

Rustam Khabilov vs. Norman Parke

Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura

Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett

Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera

Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza

Martin Svensson vs. David Teymur

Chris Dempsey vs. Krzysztof Jotko

Scott Askham vs. Chris Dempsey

Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski

Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

Jimi Manuwa vs. Nikita Krylov