RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The UFC is heading to Brazil for an Aug. 27 show in Rio.
UFC president Dana White and co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta made the announcement Wednesday.
The UFC has not held an event in Brazil since Ultimate Brazil in Sao Paulo in October 1998, before the current ownership group took over the organization.
That card was between UFC 17 and 18.
The UFC has 36 Brazilian fighters under contract including current champions Anderson Silva (middleweight), Mauricio (Shogun) Rua (light-heavyweight) and Jose Aldo (featherweight).
The UFC attracted more than 23,000 to Montreal's Bell Centre for UFC 124 on Saturday, a record MMA crowd for North America. That record is expected to be erased April 30 in Toronto by UFC 131 at the Rogers Centre.
