UFC announces return to Macau for first time in a decade with Fight Night event
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
UFC is returning to Macau for the first time in 10 years.
The promotion officially announced that a Fight Night event is set for Nov. 23 at Galaxy Arena. It will be the UFC’s first trip to the area since an August 2014 event headlined by Michael Bisping and Cung Le.
No fights were officially announced for the card.
The Octagon is headed BACK to Macau #UFCMacau is locked in for Nov 23 at Macau Galaxy Arena!
Learn more https://t.co/Em93FXMmKe pic.twitter.com/YvVTcEcEdw
— UFC (@ufc) August 15, 2024
UFC has hosted three previous events in Macau, all taking place at CotaiArena. In the most recent trip, Bisping stopped Le in the fourth round via TKO. Tyron Woodley competed in the co-main event, knocking out Dong Hyun Kim in just 61 seconds. The card also featured Colby Covington in a preliminary fight earning a first-round TKO win over Anying Wang.
Le also headlined the UFC’s first Macau card, knocking out Rich Franklin in the first round in an event that aired on Fuel TV in November 2012. The second fight card in Macau took place in March 2014, and was finale for The Ultimate Fighter: China, which was capped off by Kim knocking out John Hathaway with a spinning elbow.
