The UFC is finally headed to mainland China; five years after their first event in Macau, back in 2012. And they’re doing it behind a middleweight contest between former UFC champion Anderson Silva and Ultimate Fighter season 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum.
This fight was originally scheduled to go down at UFC 212. Unfortunately, following his UFC Fortaleza bout against Vitor Belfort, Gastelum failed a drug test for marijuana metabolites and was suspended from action. He later returned to fight Chris Weidman at UFC on FOX 25, losing the bout via submission in the 3rd round.