São Paulo should host two editions of the UFC in 2013

The city of São Paulo is expected to host two editions of the UFC in 2013. After the problem that occurred this year, when the capital of São Paulo was to host UFC 147 in June, and residents prevented the event from taking place in Morumbi, the largest city in Brazil appears to have regained prestige with the largest MMA organization in the world.

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The deputy secretary of the Municipal Sports Secretariat of the capital of São Paulo, Thiago Lobo, revealed that Ultimate leaders met with members of the city hall last Monday to discuss the matter. They expressed interest in holding an edition in January and another in June. According to Lobo, the events would be held at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium, which recently underwent major renovations.

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“I was with UFC officials this week and we really want to bring the event to the city. We couldn't do it the other time, we suffered from the lack of a large gym to host the event, but we hope to be able to bring the UFC to São Paulo in 2013”, said the secretary, during the weigh-in of the Jungle Fight 42.

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The city of São Paulo has already hosted an edition of the UFC. The first time the event arrived in Brazil, the Ginásio da Portuguesa hosted UFC 17.5, in 1998. On that occasion, the fight program featured the famous fight between Wanderlei Silva e Vitor belfort, who needed just 44 seconds to knock out his rival with an incredible sequence of punches.