Tom Wright, Director of Operations for UFC Canada spoke to Montreal’s CKGM-AM’s “Ringside Report Radio” recently and revealed that the UFC would most likely return to Montreal, Quebec, before the end of 2011.
“We’ll do Vancouver on June 11 (UFC 131), and then most likely we’ll be back in Montreal on Dec. 10,” Wright said.
“It would be (UFC) 140. It’s one of several dates we’ve got held. We haven’t made any final decisions, but it’s definitely in the mix.”
Prior to UFC 129, Montreal held the top three attendance numbers in UFC history, 21,390 for UFC 83, 21,451 for UFC 97 and 23,152 for UFC 124.
UFC 129, which was held in Toronto’s Rogers Centre drew 55,724 fans.
UFC 124 was the last time the promotion visited Montreal. That fight card featured a main event bout between UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck.
St-Pierre used a highly effective left jab to pick apart his challenger, cruising to a unanimous decision victory and leaving Koscheck with a broken orbital bone that required surgery.
Wright stressed that the date, location and time were not set in stone.
As far as a main event, Wright stated, “Well, I’ve heard about the Nick Diaz-GSP fight, but it is too early (to tell).”
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