In a surprising move, UFC president Dana White on Thursday announced that Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping would headline UFC Fight Night 83 on Feb. 27 in London. The match-up itself is not all that surprising, but the fact that the UFC is putting such a high profile main event on a UFC Fight Pass event is. It marks a significant change in direction for the Fight Pass brand since former Yahoo exec Eric Winter took the reigns of the UFC’s digital subscription service. This move follows slotting a premium lightweight match-up between Dustin Poirier and Joseph Duffy in the top spot of the UFC Fight Pass prelims for next week’s UFC 195: Lawler vs
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Anderson Silva Returns to Face Michael Bisping in UFC Fight Night 83 Main Event – MMA Weekly