The UFC will be making its first trip to Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2015.
Porto Alegre, the hometown of recently crowned UFC heavyweight interim champion Fabricio Werdum, will host UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22, the UFC announced Thursday. MMAFighting.com first reported the Feb. 22 date for Brazil.
Fights are yet to be announced, but the event will take place at the 13,000-seat Gigantinho gymnasium. The arena could possibly draw up to 15,000 fans for a UFC event.
The promotion announced that Werdum will be the “ambassador” at the event.
The next UFC card in Brazil is scheduled for Dec. 20 in Barueri, Sao Paulo. Headlined by Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway, UFC Fight Night 58 also features the return of former bantamweight champion Renan Barao facing Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event.