UFC 167, St-Pierre vs. Hendricks heads to Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena

The UFC will close out the 2013 schedule with back-to-back pay-per-view events at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.

As previously announced, the Dec. 28 UFC 168 event, which features the much-anticipated rematch between new middleweight champion Chris Weidman and ex-titleholder Anderson Silva, takes place at the Sin City venue.

Now, the prior PPV event, UFC 167, which features welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (24-2 MMA, 18-2 UFC) vs. longtime top contender Johny Hendricks (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), also is scheduled for the same venue.

UFC 167 takes place Nov. 16. In addition to the PPV main card, prelims are expected to air on FOX Sports 1 and stream on Facebook.

Following St-Pierre’s latest title defense in March (over Nick Diaz), UFC President Dana White said he wanted the champ’s next fight to be in Las Vegas rather than his home country of Canada. UFC officials previously announced UFC 167 would take place in Las Vegas but didn’t specify a venue.

St-Pierre hasn’t fought in Vegas in more than four years. Most recently, he notched a successful title defense over Thiago Alves in the co-headliner of the historic UFC 100 card.

Currently, St-Pierre is ranked No. 1 and Hendricks is No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA welterweight rankings.

MGM will host four events this year while its sister property, Mandalay Bay Events Center, will host just two.

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(Pictured: Georges St-Pierre)