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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC has two confirmed events and one further reported event coming to Brazil through October, and now it appears they're going to make it four straight months with trips to the South American country.
According to Ivan Rupp at Brazil's SporTV on Globo, the UFC will make their first ever trip to Goiania, the capital of Brazilian state Goias, on November 9 with a live event. This will be the UFC's first trip to the midwest region of Brazil.
The event will emanate from the Goiania Arena, a 15,000 seat venue which opened in 2002. No fights are scheduled yet for the card, but it will take place a week before the UFC's 20th anniversary pay-per-view event on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas. There had previously been reports that Brazil would host a Nov. 15 event the night before, but it appears they opted to move to the weekend before instead.
The UFC now has Brazilian events scheduled on Aug. 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 4 in Belo Horizonte, Oct. 9 at a yet to be announced location, possibly a return to Jaragua do Sul or the city of Barueri, then Nov. 9 in Goiania.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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