The UFC is bringing a pay-per-view back to Brazil for the first quarter of 2016.
UFC senior vice president Giovani Decker announced late Saturday night that UFC 197 is official for March 5 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Decker made the news official at the post-fight press conference for UFC Fight Night 77.
The event will mark the sixth UFC pay-per-view to be held at the HSBC Arena since the promotion returned to Brazil in 2011 following a 13-year absence. That show, UFC 134, saw Anderson Silva defend his UFC middleweight title with an effortless second-round stoppage over Yushin Okami.