With Bahadurzada-Thatch move, Camozzi vs. Riggs promoted to UFC Fight Night 83 main card

Chris Camozzi

With a late change in plans at UFC Fight Night 83, Chris Camozzi and Joe Riggs will benefit with a move to the evening’s main card.

Following Friday’s announcement that a “medication” clearance issue had forced the rescheduling of a welterweight matchup between Siyar Bahadurzada and Brandon Thatch, UFC officials have released the revamped broadcast lineup for Feb. 21 event from Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center.

Camozzi vs. Riggs, which was initially expected to take place on the evening’s FOX Sports 1-televised preliminary card, will now instead air as part of the FOX Sports 1-televised main card. Additionally, a welterweight matchup between Nathan Coy(14-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Jonavin Webb(8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), originally scheduled for the evening’s UFC Fight Pass-streamed prelims, has instead been moved to the FOX Sports 1-broadcast prelims.

Camozzi (22-10 MMA, 7-7 UFC) stands at 3-1 in his past four overall appearances, including a UFC Fight Night 73 win over Tom Watson. He now faces Riggs (41-16 MMA, 5-6 UFC), who finds himself in a must-win situation with only one disqualification victory and two losses in his past three UFC appearances,

With the changes, the current UFC Fight Night 83 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 9 p.m. ET)

• Donald Cerrone vs. Alex Oliveira
• Derek Brunson vs. Roan Carneiro
• Cody Garbrandt vs. John Lineker
• Dennis Bermudez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
• Chris Camozzi vs. Joe Riggs
• Shane Campbell vs. James Krause

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. ET)

• Alex Garcia vs. Sean Strickland
• Oluwale Bamgbose vs. Daniel Sarafian
• Trevor Smith vs. Leonardo Augusto Guimaraes
• Nathan Coy vs. Jonavin Webb

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 5:15 p.m. ET)

• Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Marion Reneau
• Lauren Murphy vs. opponent TBA
• Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Anthony Hamilton

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