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Ronda Rousey v Holly Holm will take place in Melbourne rather than Las Vegas

Ronda Rousey (left) fights Bethe Correia in their bantamweight title fight during the UFC 190
Image: Ronda Rousey (left) beat Bethe Correia last time out

Ronda Rousey's next UFC championship defence has been switched to a stadium event in Australia that is set to break attendance records.

The undefeated women's bantamweight champion will fight Holly Holm on November 14 in Melbourne's 70,000-seat Etihad Arena as the headline attraction of UFC 193.

They were originally scheduled to square off on January 2 at UFC 195 in Las Vegas but will now head down under after welterweight champion Robbie Lawler was forced to withdraw from the planned main-event against Carlos Condit.

Rousey last knocked out Bethe Correia in Rio de Janeiro earlier this month to extend her perfect career record to 12-0.

"Ronda Rousey was huge for us in Brazil," UFC president Dana White said on UFC.com. "She was well received there and it was just a phenomenal event.

LAS VEGAS, NV - DECEMBER 28:  (L-R) Miesha Tate punches Ronda Rousey in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 168 event at the MG
Image: Rousey (right) could set an all-time attendance record

"Australia's an important market for us, so we're gonna bring her out there in our first real big stadium show, and we know she'll break the [all-time MMA attendance] record out there."

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The previous record was set by Georges St-Pierre's world title defence against Jake Shields in 2011 when 55,000 people watched on in Toronto's Rogers Centre.

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