It appears that UFC
Fight Night 233 will be headed to the promotion’s home
base.
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The card, which was originally supposed to be held in Shanghai,
China, on Dec. 9, is changing locations to the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas for reasons that are currently unknown. Multiple outlets
confirmed the news following an initial announcement
from MMA manager Shu Hirata on social media.
According to a report from
MMAjunkie.com, the four Road to UFC bouts scheduled for UFC
Fight NIght 233 will no longer take place on the card.
Additionally, a light heavyweight bout pitting Brendon Ribeiro
against Mingyang
Zhang has been scrapped due to travel issues related to the
change in location.
UFC Shanghai was slated to be the first event in China since 2019,
when Weili Zhang
defeated Jessica
Andrade to capture the strawweight crown in the UFC Fight Night
157 main event.
Barring any further changes, UFC Fight Night 233 is expected to be
headlined by a bantamweight clash pitting Yadong Song
against Chris
Gutierrez.