Aldo and McGregor did an extensive media tour before their postponed fight. Cathal Noonan / INPHO
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CONOR MCGREGOR’S UFC title showdown against Jose Aldo is set to finally take place on 12 December in Las Vegas.
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Dana White told Yahoo Sports that the hotly anticipated featherweight unification bout will headline UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden.
UFC officials had strongly considered booking the 100,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Texas for the multi-million dollar showdown before deciding to return to the Vegas arena where McGregor clinched the interim title last month.
White also confirmed that Ronda Rousey’s next bantamweight title defence will be against Miesha Tate, but that fight will not take place alongside Aldo-McGregor.
“That fight isn’t going to be on the card, for sure,” he said.
If we were going to go to Dallas Cowboys Stadium, that’s another story, but the MGM really wanted the fight and they made a huge effort for it and they got it.
“And it works out better for us to be in Las Vegas.”
Conor McGregor v Jose Aldo set for 12 December in Las Vegas, says Dana White
CONOR MCGREGOR’S UFC title showdown against Jose Aldo is set to finally take place on 12 December in Las Vegas.
Dana White told Yahoo Sports that the hotly anticipated featherweight unification bout will headline UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden.
UFC officials had strongly considered booking the 100,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Texas for the multi-million dollar showdown before deciding to return to the Vegas arena where McGregor clinched the interim title last month.
White also confirmed that Ronda Rousey’s next bantamweight title defence will be against Miesha Tate, but that fight will not take place alongside Aldo-McGregor.
“That fight isn’t going to be on the card, for sure,” he said.
“And it works out better for us to be in Las Vegas.”
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