UFC Going to Canada

[iverbure]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/article....20_172814_5728

Finally UFC coming to Canada

[musicTherapy]

Finally!!!
you just made my day man. i've been waiting on this for years. all i've been able to see live is UCW (Ultimate Cage Wars).
hopefully this will give the push canadians need. there aren't nearly enough canadian fighters in the UFC considering the talent we have up here.

[x2thaz]

Sportsnet.ca -- The UFC will make its debut in Canada in January, UFC president Dana White told Sportsnet on Thursday. The event will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

In an exclusive interview from Anaheim ahead of UFC 76, White told Sportsnet's R.J. Broadhead the UFC is planning a card for the first month of the new year. The organization had originally planned on having its first event north of the border this fall, but was unable to find a suitable date due to the venue conflicts with NHL hockey.

White said that Georges St. Pierre, a Montreal native a fan favourite likely to generate a big draw, likely won't be on the card. St. Pierre's next fight will be for the welterweight title, against the winner of the Matt Serra vs. Matt Hughes matchup following the conclusion of The Ultimate Fighter 6. That fight won't happen until December, which means the winner likely wouldn't be able to fight again on such a short turnaround.

White added that the UFC will come back to Montreal later in the year with St. Pierre in the main event.

The UFC is also trying to sanction mixed martial arts in all the big centres in Canada. Ontario is one of few provinces where MMA is not sanctioned, and the only one outside of the maritimes.

While the sport is sanctioned in B.C., Vancouver council members were voting on Thursday to determine whether to ban or sanction MMA within the city

Sick eh?

[Gurry]

im not going if no GSP, but still its good, i hope this will make them legalize it in ontario, i dun wanna go to mtl to watch the ufc

[tmlfan]

Man thats sucks no GSP, i will still try to get tickets but man I would love to have GSP on the card. cant wait to see who will be

[jbart321]

cool that it will be in canada, but they should put it off until gsp could be on it. that would make the best sense. they waited 10 months for serra to defend his title, so why not wait a few extra months for gsp to get his shot in his hometown?

[tapper]

as a fellow french canadian, let me be the first to apoligize for the annoying, and eventual disrespectful french fans. go leafs go. kidding.......about the leafs part.

[Diegonightmare]

Tapper, I like your double-Diaz sig. That is solid.

[Dr. MMA]

this is grrreeattt news!

but they need GSP on the card... they better stack that card up atleast.

I think the LHW or HW title will be defended then for sure... guaranteed...

Shogun vs Rampage or Fedor vs Couture in Canada.... i'm drooling already

[macewen]

I will be there, first day ticks. on sale there goin on my cc...anyone else going lemme know...we'll have some drinks b4 the scrap.