UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Branch

= UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Branch = UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Branch (also known as UFC Fight Night 116) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on September 16, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Background
This event will be the third that the UFC has hosted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A middleweight bout between Kelvin Gastelum and Light Heavyweight Champion David Branch is expected to headline this event.

A heavyweight bout between Justin Ledet and Dmitriy Sosnovskiy was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie. However, Ledet pulled out of the fight on January 26 alleging an undisclosed injury, and promotion officials elected to remove Sosnovskiy from the card. In turn, the UFC confirmed that Ledet was suspended for four months after testing positive for a banned substance. The fight is expected to take place at this event.

An August 19 event (originally expected to be UFC 215) had two announced bouts, including a welterweight bout between Mike Perry and former UFC Welterweight Championshipchallenger Thiago Alves, as well as a middleweight bout between former Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard and Anthony Smith. After the event was canceled, both fights are now expected to take place at this event.