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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC is likely to return to Philadelphia this summer, according to a report from MMAFighting.com.
Per the report, the organization is targeting an August 6 date at the Wells Fargo, and UFC President Dana White confirmed the plans for the event.
The event would be the UFC's first card in Philadelphia since UFC 101 in August of 2009. That event featured the Lightweight Championship bout between B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian, as well as the light heavyweight bout between Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin.
This card, tentatively slated to be UFC 133, will be the first of two pay-per-view events in August. At the end of the month, the organization returns to Brazil for UFC Rio on August 27.
Penick's Analysis: The UFC liked their last trip to Pennsylvania, and it marked a very successful pay-per-view event for the organization, so it makes sense that they'd return to the city when they had an open slot. There are still a lot of different locations they haven't hit, and a lot of them that would like the UFC to return for a second event, but Philadelphia's a big sports market and did well for them the first time around.
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