(Reuters) -The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Macau for the first time in 10 years with a fight night event on Nov. 23, the mixed martial arts promotion said on Thursday. The UFC last held an event in Macau in August 2014. The event in November will be its fourth in the special administrative […]
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Mixed Martial Arts-UFC returns to Macau after 10 years in November
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(Reuters) -The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Macau for the first time in 10 years with a fight night event on Nov. 23, the mixed martial arts promotion said on Thursday.
The UFC last held an event in Macau in August 2014. The event in November will be its fourth in the special administrative region of China.
“We are ecstatic to be back at this incredible destination city,” Kevin Chang, UFC’s senior vice president and head of Asia, said.
The event will take place in the Galaxy Arena, Macau’s largest indoor stadium, with a seating capacity of 16,000.
UFC, which has also held events in China’s Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, unveiled an MMA training centre in Shanghai in June 2019.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Michael Perry and Alison Williams)