UFC eyes possible August return to Brazil
After much speculation, it appears as though the UFC will return to Brazil for the first time in more than…
After much speculation, it appears as though the UFC will return to Brazil for the first time in more than a decade, perhaps as soon as August at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Respected journalist Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos — a columnist for O Globo, the second-largest newspaper in Brazil — broke the news.
UFC officials initiated negotiations during an October visit for two meetings, the first with Mayor Eduardo Paes and the second with an assistant of Eike Batista, the richest businessman in Brazil. Ranked as the eighth-richest man in the world by Forbes Magazine, with an estimated net worth of $27 billion, Batista was instrumental in bringing the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro.
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