s expected, UFC on FX 2 will take place March 3 at Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported the destination this past week, and UFC executives today made it official.

In addition to the opening round of the inaugural flyweight tournament, UFC on FX 2 features a previously rumored welterweight headliner between Thiago Alves (19-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC) and Martin Kampmann (18-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC).

The event takes place on Saturday afternoon in Australia, and due to the time difference, it'll air live in North America on Friday in primetime, an official told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). Allphones Arena (formerly Acer Arena) also hosted UFC 110 and UFC 127, which averaged nearly 18,000 attendees per show.

As UFC officials announced over the weekend, the opening round of the flyweight tournament – which determines the first-ever UFC 125-pound champion – features Demetrious Johnson (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. reigning Tachi Palace Fights champion Ian McCall (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) and Joseph Benavidez (15-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. former Shooto titleholder Yasuhiro Urushitani (19-4-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC). The finals of the tournament will take place over the summer.

Alves, meanwhile, looks to build on the strength of a UFC 138 submission win over the previously unbeaten Papy Abedi. The popular American Top Team product is just 2-3 in his past five outings, but that run includes losses to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, perennial contender Jon Fitch and recent up-and-comer Rick Story.

Kampmann recently snapped a two-fight losing streak with a UFC 139 decision win over Story. The impressive win came on the heels of two controversial decision losses to Diego Sanchez and Jake Shields.



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