Ultimate announces date and location for historic UFC 200 event

The attraction will take place on July 2, 2016, at the new MGM AEG Arena, in Las Vegas (USA)

Bruno ferreira

10/07/2015 | 17:53

Dana White, president of the UFC. Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC

The UFC has already defined some details of what should be one of the biggest events ever held by the organization. The historic UFC 200 will take place on July 2, 2016, in Las Vegas, in the United States.

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The announcement was made by the president of the largest MMA organization on the planet, Dana White. The venue for the attraction will be the new MGM AEG Arena, which is expected to open early next year and has capacity for an estimated audience of 20 people.

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UFC 200 will take place practically seven years after UFC 100, which was also held in Las Vegas. On that occasion, Ultimate featured a series of attractions, as well as a star-studded card, with Brock Lesnas x Frank mir, Georges St Pierre x Thiago Pitbull e Dan Henderson x Michael Bisping. The event is to date the biggest sale of pay-per-view in UFC history, with 1,6 million acquisitions.