Anderson Silva: UFC cancels event in Rio de Janeiro

Less than two months after announcing a pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro on March 5, the UFC has decided to change plans.
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva said on a conference call Tuesday that the promotion has cancelled its trip to Brazil due to the country's economic crisis, and MMAFighting.com learned with sources close to the promotion that the card is off.
"(The plan) was to have me fighting in Brazil against I don’t know who," Silva said, "but with this situation