UFC cancels event in Rio de Janeiro

[Wild]

Less than two months after announcing a pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro on March 5, the UFC has decided to change plans.

Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva said on a conference call Tuesday that the promotion has cancelled its trip to Brazil due to the country's economic crisis, and MMAFighting.com learned with sources close to the promotion that the card is off.

"(The plan) was to have me fighting in Brazil against I don’t know who," Silva said, "but with this situation going on in Brazil, economically and everything, the UFC decided to abort this event for now."

LINK: Anderson Silva: UFC cancels event in Rio de Janeiro

 

[Left hand cemetery]

Just saw this on my brag book feed from BJ Penn, no flies on you guys.
Wasn't Anderson meant to fight Shogun, then Vitor and then Bisping on the London card?? sounds like they couldn't get their shit together or there's something we're not being told.

 

[Wild]

Just saw this on my brag book feed from BJ Penn, no flies on you guys.
Wasn't Anderson meant to fight Shogun, then Vitor and then Bisping on the London card?? sounds like they couldn't get their shit together or there's something we're not being told.

Yeah, I dont think we're getting the full story here.

 

[Harold_Howard_The_Duck]

 

[hit4me4]

He cancelled it because Ariel Helwani clickbated about the event.

 

[Ryann Von Doom]

Interesting. Sucks for that local area.