After losing Bisping, Gegard Mousasi says he's staying on UFC Fight Night 83 card

Gegard Mousasi

All is apparently not lost for UFC Fight Night 83 fighter Gegard Mousasi.

Earlier today, UFC officials announced Michael Bisping (27-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC), Mousasi’s original opponent, instead will fight former middleweight champion Anderson Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) in the February event’s headliner.

That left Mousasi as the odd man out, but today, he tweeted that he still plans to be a part of the event:

UFC Fight Night 83 takes place Feb. 27 at The O2 in London. The entire event streams on UFC Fight Pass.

Mousasi, who’s ranked No. 10 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA middleweight rankings, suffered an upset TKO loss to Uriah Hall in his most recent bout. Prior to that, the 30-year-old former Strikeforce, DREAM and Cage Warriors champion posted back-to-back UFC wins over Dan Henderson and Costas Philippou.

The latest UFC Fight Night 83 lineup includes:

• Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva
• Gegard Mousasi vs. opponent TBA
• 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
• Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski
• Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
• Nikita Krylov vs. Jimi Manuwa

For more on UFC Fight Night 83, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.