The UFC will be in Boise for the first time ever, as part of a busy July schedule.
During the UFC 223 broadcast, the promotion announced a few more events for its summer lineup, and there are a couple of American cities where they’ll be staging cards for the first time in the promotion’s history.
That summer slate tho
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— UFC (@ufc) April 9, 2018
UFC Fight Night: Boise will be held at the CenturyLink Arena on July 14th, precisely one week after UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier. This will be the UFC’s first ever visit to the state of Idaho.
UFC Fight Night: Lincoln takes place at the Pinnacle Bank Arena on August 25th, marking the first time the capital of Nebraska has hosted a UFC show. The UFC’s previous three trips to the state were all in Omaha.
There’s no word yet on which Canadian city gets what figures to be UFC on FOX 30 on July 28th, but it’ll be the first Canadian-based event for the UFC in 2018.
No fight announcements were made for any of the aforementioned events, and the UFC did confirm that the bantamweight title rematch between T.J. Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt will be the UFC 227 main event on August 4th at Los Angeles’ famed Staples Center.