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UFC Targeting March 2011 Return to Ireland

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsThe UFC is making tentative plans to return to Ireland.

The promotion, which previously held events in Ireland and Northern Ireland, is likely to return to the Emerald Isle, perhaps sometime around St. Patric…

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The UFC is making tentative plans to return to Ireland.

The promotion, which previously held events in Ireland and Northern Ireland, is likely to return to the Emerald Isle, perhaps sometime around St. Patrick’s Day, according to UFC UK President Marshall Zelaznik.

“We are targeting Dublin for 2011 and working toward March, but St. Patty’s Day may not fit perfectly for us,” Zelaznik wrote in an email to MMA Fighting. “But hope is we will be there in ’11.”

Marshall Zelaznik Believes Fedor Signing with the UFC Still Possible

Many die hard MMA fans have not fully adjusted to the post-Fedor-Can-Lose world, a place where up is down, nights is day, and fantastic tales on an unbeatable Russian fighter, are no longer fired at newcomers to the sport. You remember: ‘You think Anderson Silva is good? Dude, there’s this guy named Fedor Emelianenko who […]

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Many die hard MMA fans have not fully adjusted to the post-Fedor-Can-Lose world, a place where up is down, nights is day, and fantastic tales on an unbeatable Russian fighter, are no longer fired at newcomers to the sport. You remember: ‘You think Anderson Silva is good? Dude, there’s this guy named Fedor Emelianenko who doesn’t even fight for the UFC, and…’

Of course after Fedor’s shocking loss to Fabricio Werdum, UFC boss man Dana White declared that the promotion was no longer interested in acquiring the services of “The Last Emperor.” A stark reversal after the company reportedly tried their damndest (short of co-promoting with M-1) to sign Fedor when he was a free agent. Was Dana being serious? Or was he being more tactical? You don’t have to have taken Marketing 101 to know Fedor’s bargaining power isn’t what it used to be.

Well, in keeping with speculation as to whether or not Fedor will in fact ever step foot in the Octagon, UFC UK President Marshall Zelaznik recently told British ESPN the following:

“Up until now there hasn’t been a possibility of it. I don’t know what his contract situation is, but these things don’t come down to money. Yes defeat to Fabricio Werdum has probably lowered his stock, but I don’t think we’ve ever decided not to sign a fighter due to money.”…”You never say never, and Emelianenko is a good fighter so it wouldn’t surprise me if Dana and Lorenzo [Fertitta] tried to work something out.”

Maybe Fedor had to lose to make a UFC deal workable?

UFC’s Marshall Zelaznik Talks UFC 120, Global Expansion and More

Filed under: UFCIt’s already been a busy year for Marshall Zelaznik, the UFC U.K. President and Managing Director of International Development, and the fall isn’t looking any easier. In October the UFC returns to England for the first time in nearly a …

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It’s already been a busy year for Marshall Zelaznik, the UFC U.K. President and Managing Director of International Development, and the fall isn’t looking any easier. In October the UFC returns to England for the first time in nearly a year with UFC 120, and then later this year the UFC will once again turn its focus toward Germany.

MMA Fighting recently spoke with Zelaznik about the pressures of international expansion, the UFC’s future plans for Asia, Afghanistan, and the rest of the world, and how he deals with the sometimes maddeningly misinformed resistance in new countries.

Marshall Zelaznik Confirms UFC 120, Discusses European Expansion

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosMMA Fighting caught up with Marshall Zelaznik, UFC UK President and Managing Director of International Developmen, over the weekend to discuss a whole host of topics:

The status of UFC 120 in Lon…

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MMA Fighting caught up with Marshall Zelaznik, UFC UK President and Managing Director of International Developmen, over the weekend to discuss a whole host of topics:

The status of UFC 120 in London and the UK Fan Expo, some of the big fights on the card, where the show will air in America, UFC’s future in Germany, whether the organization will hold events in Australia and Abu Dhabi in 2011 and which new market could host a UFC event next year.

All those topics and much more discussed in the video interview below.