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UFC Fight Night 61: Bigfoot vs. Mir is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on February 22, 2015 at the Ginásio Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Official fight card
Main Card (Fox Sports 1)Heavyweight Antônio Silva vs. Frank Mir
Lightweight Edson Barboza vs. Michael Johnson
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira vs. Sam Alvey
Lightweight Rustam Khabilov vs. Adriano Martins
Bantamweight Iuri Alcântara vs. Frankie Saenz
Welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Sean Strickland Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)Women's Bantamweight Jéssica Andrade vs. Marion Reneau
Welterweight William Macário vs. Matt Dwyer
Featherweight Tiago Trator vs. Mike de la Torre
Welterweight Wendell Oliveira vs. TJ Waldburger Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)Bantamweight Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Cody Gibson
Lightweight Ivan Jorge vs. Josh ShockleyBackgroundThe event will be the first that UFC has hosted in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
A light heavyweight bout between Rashad Evans and Glover Teixeira was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, on January 7, Teixeira was forced out of the bout as his knee, injured in his last fight, was slow to heal and he was unable to resume the proper training to prepare for the fight in that time frame. Evans is expected to be rebooked at a different event with possibly a new opponent.
A heavyweight bout between Antônio Silva and Frank Mir, previously scheduled for UFC 184, will now take place a week earlier, and is expected to headline the event.Feb 19 - Updated background
