Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports has the official confirmation from Dana White that UFC 112 will in fact take place in Abu Dhabi on April 10th in an outdoor venue.
The card, which will be held at the Concert Arena in Ferrari World on Yas Island, will feature two championship bouts. Anderson Silva will defend his middleweight title against Vitor Belfort and B.J. Penn will put his lightweight belt on the line against Frankie Edgar.
The UFC confirmed that veteran mixed martial artist Renzo Gracie will make his UFC debut on the card when he meets former welterweight champion Matt Hughes.
“This is one of the biggest and most significant nights in the history of the UFC,” UFC president Dana White said. “UFC 112 is our first ever outdoor event and it is taking place in the hometown of our brand new partners, Flash Entertainment. We are very happy we could deliver what fans around the world will recognize as a stacked card featuring the sport’s biggest stars.”
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There are a host of UFC officials and fighters currently in Abu Dhabi for the press conference that is expected to come Wednesday, so you can expect an update to this post tomorrow. I think the most interesting thing to come out of Dana is that the venue is the Concert Arena at Ferrari World on Yas Island – not the site which Flash and the UFC plan to build an arena on in the future.
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