UFC not giving up on Germany

If you think the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s new Canadian office, continued U.S. expansion, and penetration of new international markets may prompt the organization to give up on somewhat-hostile host sites such as Germany, think again.

The UFC ventured to Cologne for UFC 99 in June 2009, and UFC officials again found themselves fighting off the same misconceptions that plagued mixed martial arts in the 1990s.

But UFC president Dana White said all the bad publicity, public backlash, city council’s attempted shutdown of UFC 99, and an eventual ban on minors attending the event won’t force the promotion to back down.


If you think the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s new Canadian office, continued U.S. expansion, and penetration of new international markets may prompt the organization to give up on somewhat-hostile host sites such as Germany, think again.

The UFC ventured to Cologne for UFC 99 in June 2009, and UFC officials again found themselves fighting off the same misconceptions that plagued mixed martial arts in the 1990s.

But UFC president Dana White said all the bad publicity, public backlash, city council’s attempted shutdown of UFC 99, and an eventual ban on minors attending the event won’t force the promotion to back down.