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UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson (also known as UFC Fight Night 82) was a mixed martial arts event held on February 6, 2016, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event was originally billed as UFC 196 and was scheduled to be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between then-current champion Fabrício Werdum and former two-time champion Cain Velasquez. A series of events eventually led to a main event shuffle: on January 24, 13 days before the event, Velasquez pulled out of the bout due to a back injury and was replaced by Stipe Miocic. On the following day, Werdum announced that he was pulling out of the event due to injury as well as he was not comfortable with the opponent's change while dealing with injuries of his own.

With no viable main event options remaining, on January 26 UFC President Dana White announced the company was canceling the pay-per-view broadcast. Therefore, UFC 196 became a Fight Night card. The event aired on Fox Sports 1 and was headlined by a five-round welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Johny Hendricks and five-time kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson. The two were originally scheduled to meet in the co-main event.

Hendricks wasted little time in closing the distance and forcing his opponent into the fence. However, Thompson managed to break away, land some strong kicks from range, and scored with a hard combination of punches.
For the next couple of minutes, Thompson picked his opponent apart with vicious combinations and counterpunches. Hendricks never picked up his urgency, which allowed his opponent to land at a ridiculously high clip.
After getting picked apart, Hendricks looked to lunge with his usual overhand and was countered with a sharp left. As he came up out of his dip, "Wonderboy" scored with a second cross that sent Hendricks wobbling into the fence. From there, Thompson violently let loose with a flurry of punches and kicks, which caused his foe to slump down to the mat near the end of the first round.
Bang.

Thompson won the bout via TKO in the first round. The win also earned Thompson his third Performance of the Night bonus award.

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