UFC returns to Macau after 10 years with Fight Night event in November

One of the final UFC events of 2024 will see the promotion return to Macau for the first time in more than 10 years.

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This year, the UFC has resumed a much more active travel schedule, and in recent months there have been UFC events in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Manchester, England, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This weekend, the federation returns to Perth, Australia, for UFC 305.

Already scheduled for the final quarter of the year is a trip to Paris, France, and another stop in Abu Dhabi in October for UFC 308. In addition to an announcement for UFC Edmonton on November 2, the UFC has announced that it will return to Macau on November 23 for a UFC Fight Night event at Galaxy Arena.

Macau, a special administrative region of China below the southern mainland province of Guangdong, first hosted a UFC event in 2012 before the organizer returned for two events in 2014. The last event pitted future UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping against Cung Le at the Cotai Arena.

The UFC's last trip to China was in 2019, when Zhang Weili captured the UFC strawweight title for the first time when she knocked out Jessica Andrade in Shenzhen. A planned return to Shanghai late last year was unfortunately canceled in favor of moving UFC Fight Night to the Apex facility in Las Vegas.

No fights have been announced yet for the UFC’s return to Macau, but given the promotion’s recent success The road to the UFC Given the large number of tournaments and the number of top-class Chinese fighters on the roster, there should be no shortage of Asian talent to enhance the event before November 23rd.

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