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UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Bigfoot is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on December 7, 2013 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Due to the extreme difference in time zones, the event will air live in North America during prime time hours on December 6.
Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)
Heavyweight Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva
Light Heavyweight Maurício Rua vs. James Te Huna
Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader vs. Anthony Perosh
Heavyweight Pat Barry vs. Soa Palelei
Middleweight Dylan Andrews vs. Clint Hester
Women's Bantamweight Julie Kedzie vs. Bethe Correia
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 2)
Bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki vs. Nam Phan
Middleweight Nick Ring vs. Caio Magalhaes
Flyweight Richie Vaculik vs. Justin Scoggins
Middleweight Bruno Santos vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Preliminary card (Online)
Welterweight Ben Wall vs. Alex Garcia
Background
The event will be the first that the UFC has hosted in Brisbane.
The card is expected to be headlined by a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Antonio Silva.
Brian Melancon was expected to face Robert Whittaker at the event. However, Melancon pulled out of the bout and subsequently announced his retirement due to renal stress. As a result, Whittaker was removed from the card as well.
Mitch Gagnon was expected to face Alex Caceres at the event. However, the bout was scrapped during the week leading up to the event due to an alleged visa issue for Gagnon, restricting his entry to Australia.
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