Leave it to the United Nations to go and muck up what could have been the biggest and most amazing fight crowd in the history of our sport. These guys can't even get something as simple as world peace correct so of course they would go and mess up something that could have been absolute magic for our sanctioned violence loving hearts. According to Dana White at the UFC 148 special press conference held in Brazil today, the Silva vs Sonnen rematch will not take place in a massive soccer stadium in Brazil and will now be hosted in Las Vegas on July 7th, 2012.

The United Nations has scheduled a huge conference in Brazil for the week of this fight and there is simply not enough hotel rooms or security available to host an event of this size at the time the UFC planned to bring this event to the country. According to Dana, Anderson was really upset that the fight was not going to happen in Brazil anymore and it took alot of talking, but Anderson finally agreed to take the fight in Las Vegas. During the press conference, Chael responded to the venue and location move with, "my plan was to come into your country, take your money and bring the belt back to America."

Las Vegas is considered "the fight capital of the world" so it is the next best location for a fight of this magnitude, but I can't help feeling a little bit bummed that we won't have another mega-dose of that same electric energy we experienced with UFC 142: Rio. Damn.

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+19 # clay guida the beast 2012-04-24 07:36

Wait, they have hotels in Brazil? I thought they all slept in mud huts

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+34 # Garrbanzzo 2012-04-24 07:37

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+22 # Joey Jo Jo 2012-04-24 07:45

For the first time in it's existence, the UN has actually managed to save a human life from certain extermination at the hands of 50,000 stampeding Brazilians; that life is Chael Sonnen's.

Hopefully this will make up for Rwanda, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya and Darfur.

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+3 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2012-04-24 07:46

Damn, I would have loved for Chael to have had the opportunity to walk into Brazil and take the belt. Its what gangsters do. Honestly his chances of winning increase with moving this to Vegas, so Im not that upset.

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+16 # mah0ne 2012-04-24 07:47

Here are all the important goodies.











As always, props to ZombieProphet for the gifs.

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+12 # jawesome 2012-04-24 10:16

ME dropped the ball by not having the banner pic that one of Chael with the glasses on.

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+3 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-04-24 13:12

I love how Chael reaches for the belt when it gets handed up.

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+22 # Guest 2012-04-24 08:14

Vegas is the fight capital of the world but you wouldn't know that due to the ignorant fans who don't bother showing up for prelim fights and boo the ground game.

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-20 # greatjake 2012-04-24 08:30

These comments are so fucking dumb.
1.) They are fucking drunk, what do you expect drunks to have patience?
2.) Every other venue has fans who boo excessively.Yes even Brazil and Japan.
3.) At least they dont hate all fighters who are not their nationality. Sure you get the USA chant for 30 seconds but in the end they like exciting fighters no matter what nationality they are.

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-2 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:12

So The only reason you don't boo when your sober, is that you are patient? you wait for them to get up or start the next match?

However, I strongly agree with 2 and 3.

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+14 # Guest 2012-04-24 08:36

What the fucking fuck? Brazil is a big country, have the fight somewhere else, or delay it until the stadium is available. No need to make it a boring Vegas fight

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+6 # TDM 2012-04-24 08:57

Should have held it in West Linn, Oregon. That would have broken records.

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+17 # Guest 2012-04-24 11:09

...for the lowest attendance record.

West Linn's got 24,000 people in it.

So even if by some miracle the entire town ground to a halt, just so 80% of the the residents could watch UFC 147 (with the rest presumably staffing the event), that'd still be short of the 21,451 that saw UFC 97.

Half of West Linn probably doesn't know what a black man looks like, so they wouldn't attend for that reason alone.

The other half would assume the UFC is some kind of KFC knock-off trying to a one-time promotional show and wouldn't attend for that reason.

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-11 # TDM 2012-04-24 12:08

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-9 # TDM 2012-04-24 13:53

SMH at my failed attempt to post a gif. Please down vote me.

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-3 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-04-24 13:14

I've heard of this thing called Sarcasm... I think it was used here, but I'm not sure.

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+12 # Guest 2012-04-24 09:14

The record for most UFC submission losses?

Actually Chael is going to tie Tank Abbott with 5.

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-5 # Guest 2012-04-24 11:31

I approve of the mockery!

WAR CHAEL! TEAM QUEST NEVER DIES!

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+1 # Guest 2012-04-24 11:58

The truth is...they can't pull off a sold out soccer staduim and they knew it all along.

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+5 # Guest 2012-04-24 16:42

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqKkLjoQ4gG1erDOiLdHn3y0JdUyRr6j1u9McQWA5FbSQ6uZZeFkOS4-m1ow

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+3 # Guest 2012-04-24 18:53

Biggest disappointment I've heard all year. First off Brazil crowds are "unfuckwitable" . I've never heard a louder crowd in all my life. Secondly this is Brazi's Ultimate Fighter finale as well, and it's not even taking place in Brazil? What a bunch of bullshit Dana... We don't need the biggest baddest stadium in the world, we just need it in Brazil for the sake of Brazil.

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0 # Guest 2012-04-25 23:02

it calls football you idiot.

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