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McGregor v Aldo set for December 12th in Vegas

Tuesday, 11 August 2015 07:27

Date set for unification bout

Start saving them pennies folks.

UFC president Dana White has confirmed a date for the featherwight title unification bout between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo.

While the last few weeks had been filled with talk of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and 100,000 people, Las Vegas has been chosen instead to host UFC 194.

The bout will take place on December 12th at the MGM Grand Garden.

An Andrea Bocelli concert in the venue on the 5th scuppered plans for that date, with White unwilling to host the event in the smaller Mandalay Bay Events Centre.

By contrast, the Grand Garden holds 16,000, compared to 11,000 for the Mandalay Bay.

Ronda Rousey meanwhile WON'T be on that card.

"Rowdy" is due to face Miesha Tate for the third time, and was tipped to be on the McGregor/Aldo card when there was talk of it being in Texas.

The Cristiane Justino rumours aren't going anywhere anytime soon either, however White was adamant that no deal had been offered to "Cyborg" to fight Rousey.

You can read the article on Yahoo Sports

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