UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Gastelum
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A poster or logo for UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Gastelum.
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 25, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Mercedes Benz Arena | |||
| City | Shanghai, China | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Gastelum (also known as UFC Fight Night 122) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on November 25, 2017 at Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
After previously contesting three events in Macau (a Special administrative region of China) since 2012, the event will mark the first that the promotion will hold on Mainland China.
A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner Kelvin Gastelum is expected to serve as the main event. The pairing was previously scheduled to meet in June 2017 at UFC 212. However, Gastelum was pulled from the bout after he tested positive for Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Carboxy-THC) which is a metabolite of marijuana or hashish above the 180 ng/mL allowance by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standard. In turn, despite having two months to secure an opponent, Silva and promotion officials confirmed on May 11 that he would not compete at that event.
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