Thursday, 13 January 2011

UFC Brazil now official after Zuffa confirms Aug. 27 pay-per-view in Rio de Janeiro

From UFC President Dana White (via Yahoo Sports):
"The economy is doing extremely well down here. The fact that these guys got the Olympics, the (2014) World Cup and all these big events, it just made sense. The economy has really been kick started and there are a lot of good things going on in Brazil ... Because of how big this is [stateside], people were always asking me about Brazil and when it would happen and I always said it probably won’t happen for a while because we weren’t focused on it. But when they got the Olympics, I said, ‘Now we’re interested,’ and we really began to look at Brazil."
The summer pay-per-view (PPV) event is expected to feature an all-star line-up consisting primarily of Brazilian fighters, including the aforementioned roster of current and former champions.
Is asking for Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva II being too greedy?

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