UFC 161 might be jumping off this Saturday in Canada, but that hasn’t stopped the world’s most prestigious mixed martial arts promotion from completing the 13-fight roster for UF “163: Aldo vs. Pettis.”
The August 3 event takes place inside HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A featherweight title tilt between champion Jose Aldo and Anthony Pettis (pictured) headlines the pay-per-view broadcast. Light heavyweights Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis serve as the co-main event.
Just a fair warning to every non-Brazilian fighting at UFC 163, there was a Brazilian winner in every fight last weekend at UFC on FUEL TV 10.
Here are the athletes expected to perform in jiu jitsu country (bout order still being finalized):
Viscardi Andrade vs. Bristol Marunde
John Lineker vs. Phil Harris
Robert Drysdale vs. Ednaldo Oliveira
Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos
Rani Yahya vs. Josh Clopton
Thales Leites vs. Tom Watson
Sergio Moraes vs. Neil Magny
Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff
Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh
Clint Hester vs. Cezar Ferreira
Demian Maia vs Josh Koscheck
Lyoto Machida vs. Phil Davis
Anthony Pettis vs. Jose Aldo (UFC featherweight champion)
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