UFC 129 is set to take place at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario on April 30th.The event will be the largest mixed martial arts event ever presented in North America with 55,000 tickets already sold.
The main event on the card will see Georges St-Pierre defend his UFC welterweight title against former Strikeforce and Elite XC champion Jake Shields.
St-Pierre is on an eight-fight winning streak going into UFC 129, while Shields is unbeaten in his last 15.
Also set to appear on the UFC 129 fight card is UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo.
Aldo, who was the World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion when the UFC absorbed the WEC late in 2010, will make his UFC debut on this card in what will also be his first UFC title defense. He will face Mark Hominick.
Also appearing on the main card is UFC legend Randy Couture. Couture will face Lyoto Machida in a light heavyweight bout.
UFC 129 will be the promotion's first foray into a full stadium show and the organization has promised a memorable event for all those that enter the Rogers Centre.
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