Former champion Anderson Silva will meet Chris Weidman in a rematch for the middleweight title at UFC 168 on Dec. 28 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White said Saturday.
White made the announcement live on ESPN's SportsCenter at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET. He said he closed the deal only an hour earlier, despite numerous reports out of Brazil all week that the deal was finished.
The women's bantamweight title fight between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate, that was to be the main event, is now going to be the co-main event.
"This was the craziest few days of my life," said White, who hammered out the deal in person with Silva and managers Ed Soares and Jorge Guimares in Los Angeles. "But it's going to be the biggest fight in UFC history."
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