The UFC hits Rio for the first time since 1998 this Saturday, and they are bringing a stacked card headlined by pound-for-pound star and current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
Six of the main-card fighters all squared off at the pre-fight press conference, which was held earlier today. The fights take place at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. The PPV begins at 9 p.m. ET.
Silva will be taking on Yushin Okami in a rematch of a fight they had five years ago. Okami won the fight by disqualification after Silva used an illegal kick that knocked him out.
The co-main event will also be a rematch featuring former UFC light heavyweight champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Forrest Griffin.
Griffin defeated Rua at UFC 76 when he submitted the Brazilian fighter in the third round. It was one of the biggest upsets of the year. Rua is coming off his knockout loss to Jon Jones while Griffin picked up back-to-back wins over Tito Ortiz and Rich Franklin.
Other main-card bouts include Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub, Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson and Stanislav Nedkov vs. Luiz Cane.
Preliminary fights can be seen on Facebook and Spike TV.
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