Singapore will play host to a UFC pay-per-view event for the first time.
The promotion announced Tuesday that UFC 275, headlined by a light heavyweight title bout between champion Glover Texeira (33-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) and Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), will take place June 11 at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Also added to the UFC 275 card is flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko (22-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who will attempt to notch her seventh title defense against Brazil’s Taila Santos (18-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), Plus, a pivotal middleweight clash between former champ Robert Whittaker (23-6 MMA, 14-4 UFC) and former title challenger Marvin Vettori (18-5-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) is on the bill.
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The UFC will return to Singapore for the first time in almost three years. The most recent event there took place Oct. 26, 2019. It was a “Fight Night” card headlined by jiu-jitsu ace Demian Maia and wrestling standout Ben Askren. Maia submitted Askren in the third round in what was Askren’s final MMA fight.
The current UFC 275 lineup includes:
- Champ Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka – for light heavyweight title
- Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Taila Santos – for women’s flyweight title
- Marvin Vettori vs. Robert Whittaker
- Silvana Gomez Juarez vs. Na Liang
- Brendan Allen vs. Jacob Malkoun
