Ultimate Fighting Championship will make its return to Abu Dhabi in April 2014, four years and one day after first staging UFC 112 at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
The headline bout will see Season 10 TUF winner Roy Nelson from the United States, UFC’s No 10 heavyweight, fight Brazilian Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, the No 13 heavyweight.
The event, UFC Fight Night: Nelson v Nogueira, will take place on FRIDAY April 11 on Yas Island.
As for the main event itself, Nelson (19-9) is aiming to put an end to his two-fight losing skid. After KOing Cheick Kongo at UFC 159, "Big Country" was soundly defeated by both Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier en route to lopsided decisions.
Nogueira (34-8-1, 1 NC) has been out of action since his coaching stint on TUF Brazil 2 opposite Fabricio Werdum. In the season finale, Werdum submitted him with an armbar in the Fortaleza, Brazil main event, giving him two submission defeats in his last three fights, having previously never tapped out in his long and illustrious career.
More details on the card should be announced shortly. Note that this event is on a Friday, as UAE (along with much of the Middle East) uses a Friday-Saturday weekend.
I hope the under card is more inspiring than the main event.
UFC 112 main event was an embarrassment with Anderson Silva prancing around. Dana White said afterwards in the post fight conference that he diden't know how but he would make it up to the fans, so four years later we get Nogoueira Vs Nelson in a main event.
In the Amazonian rain forests, there are tribes of Indians yet untouched by civilisation who could develop a more exciting main event.
Come on UFC ... Nelson v Nogueira. There are not many fight fans who would even swith on there television for that fight.
Will be interesting to see who is ready to shell out AED 695/- > AED 3,695/- a Ticket for this.
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