Event in Brazil in May will be called UFC 198 and should feature Werdum x Miocic

Werdum (left) x Miocic (right) could end up fighting in Brazil. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS Production (Disclosure)

The already announced edition of Ultimate for Brazil in May, which would have the fight between Ronaldo Jacare e Vitor belfort as the main fight, it should undergo some changes in the coming days. The event should gain in importance, becoming a card in pay-per-view and changing its name to UFC 198. Furthermore, the new main attraction of the night should be the heavyweight belt dispute between Fabricio Werdum e Stipe Miocic.

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At the moment, three cities are competing to host the card: Fortaleza, Brasília and Curitiba. The capital of Ceará is the big favorite, but the modern Olympic Training Center, a facility attached to Arena Castelão, still needs a technical report certifying that the gym's roof will support all the equipment necessary to hold a night of Ultimate fights. . The information was released on the website of the “Combate” channel.

Different factors weigh against the other alternatives. The Brasília Gym, Nilson Nelson, is the least modern of the candidates and only has a capacity for 15 thousand fans – a number that can be considered small, due to the size of the card. On the other hand, in Curitiba there is all the logistical complexity of promoting an event in a football stadium, the Arena da Baixada - combined with the uncertainty of promoting an attraction of this magnitude, with an estimated audience of more than 50 thousand fans, currently Brazilian economic moment.

A definition of the location of UFC 198 and whether the first UFC belt defense Fabricio Werdum will be the main fight of the night and should be announced in the next few days by the Ultimate organization. If this is confirmed, Jacaré x Vitor would be the co-main fight of the card.

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