Ronda Rousey v Holly Holm will take place in Melbourne rather than Las Vegas
Last Updated: 29/08/15 11:40am
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.
"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."
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.
