The UFC had previously announced that UFC 163 would take place on August 3rd in Brazil and they have now announced the fight card will come from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janerio.
UFC officials made the announcement at the post fight press conference and the card will be headlined by Jose Aldo defending the UFC featherweight title against Anthony Pettis.
It was also confirmed by the UFC that a welterweight bout will be on the card as Demian Maia will meet Josh Koscheck.
The HSBC Arena has held three UFC shows in the past with the previous cards being UFC 134, UFC 142 and UFC 153.
Aldo (22-1) is currently on a 15 fight winning streak and he has made successful UFC featherweight title defenses against Mark Hominick, Kenny Florian, Chad Mendes and Frankie Edgar. This will be the second time he will defend the title in Brazil with the first time being against Mendes at UFC 142.
Pettis (16-2) has won three straight fights and is moving down to the featherweight division for this fight. The former WEC lightweight champion became tired of waiting for a title shot in the lightweight division and decided he wanted to move down to face Aldo.
Stay tuned to TheMMAReport.com for updates on UFC 163 on more fight announcements and when tickets will go on sale.