Arena Atletico Paranaense in Curitiba, Brasil will host the May 14 event. The soccer stadium holds over 40,000 capacity.
The middleweight shootout between Vitor Belfort and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, which was originally announced as the show’s featured attraction, has been bumped to the co-main event.
Werdum was initially slated to grant Cain Velasquez a rematch at UFC 196, but Velasquez withdrew with a back injury just 13 days before showtime. Miocic promptly offered his services, and was subsequently granted the championship affair he has been campaigning for, then Werdum pulled out the following day due to a toe and knee injury.