The UFC’s first trip to Canada’s capital city didn’t take long to sell out.
The UFC’s business in Canada hasn’t exactly been strong lately, but there are encouraging signs here and there. One of them came up today, as the promotion’s first trip to Canada’s capital city sold completely out in under two hours.
UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Thompson, which goes down June 8th at TD Place in Ottawa, sold over 10,000 tickets. That’s the largest arena show in TD Place history.
The promotion put out a press release touting their success:
UFC® announced today that UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: MACDONALD vs. THOMPSON, taking place at The Arena at TD Place, on June 18 is sold out. The event will be headlined by two of the best welterweights in the world as No.1-ranked Rory MacDonald (18-3, fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada by way of Quesnel, B.C., Canada) meets No.2-ranked Stephen Thompson (12-1, fighting out of Simpsonville, South Carolina, USA) in a bout that could determine the next title contender in the competitive 170-pound division.
With more than 10,000 tickets sold, UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: MACDONALD vs. THOMPSON will be the largest arena show in TD Place history. It also marks the fastest sellout at The Arena at TD Place.
“We couldn’t be happier with the reception we’ve received from Ottawa fans ahead of our debut card in Canada’s capital,” said Tom Wright, UFC Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “Ottawa deserves a stellar card and our athletes will deliver on fight night.”
The co-main event of the card will see Donald Cerrone taking on Patrick Cote in a welterweight bout. Here’s a look at the full fight card:
Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Thompson
Donald Cerrone vs. Patrick Cote
Steve Bosse vs. Sean O’Connell
Sam Alvey vs. Elias Theodorou
Jason Saggo vs. Leandro Silva
Misha Cirkunov vs. Ion Cutelaba
Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Thibault Gouti
Krzysztof Jotko vs. Tamdan McCrory
Colby Covington vs. Alex Garcia