12/31/2022 0 Comments Ufc 3/5/16On February 23, the planned bout suffered a setback as it was announced that dos Anjos pulled out due to a broken foot. The first time was at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009, when then- UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre defended his title against then-lightweight champion B.J. This would have been the second time in UFC history that champions in different divisions would fight for the same title. The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between champion Rafael dos Anjos and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor. This forced that event to alter into a "UFC Fight Night" card, and the originally scheduled "UFC 197" event was renamed UFC 196. On January 27, it was revealed the Werdum-Velasquez bout (which had been moved to "UFC 196" scheduled for February 6, 2016) was cancelled entirely. This final fall-through is what prompted the cancellation of the event in Brazil and relocation to Las Vegas. Belfort declined the bout, as he wished to wait for the result of the middleweight title fight at UFC 194. To maintain local interest, the company then considered booking the main event as a rematch between two Brazilian fighters, Silva and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort. This change made the March 5 event a smaller draw, which led to the transition to the smaller venue in Rio de Janeiro. Due to a series of injuries, the company moved the heavyweight bout to a separate event scheduled for February 6, which at that time was titled "UFC 196". On January 13, UFC revealed this event was originally intended to take place at Arena da Baixada (a much larger venue) in Curitiba, Brazil, and feature a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between champion FabrÃcio Werdum and former two-time champion Cain Velasquez, with former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva in the co-main event slot, possibly against Michael Bisping. On January 12, it was confirmed the event would take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Weeks later on December 29, UFC announced that the event was canceled and would be moved to a different location. The event was officially announced in November 2015 as "UFC 197," taking place on Maat HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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