MMA Has First-Ever $10 Million Gate as 55,000 Fans Sell Out UFC 129

Filed under: UFC, NewsUFC 129 is still two months away, but it has already obliterated North American records for ticket sales and gate.

The promotion confirmed that Toronto’s Rogers Centre was reconfigured from 42,000 to meet extra demand, yet fans s…

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UFC 129 is still two months away, but it has already obliterated North American records for ticket sales and gate.

The promotion confirmed that Toronto’s Rogers Centre was reconfigured from 42,000 to meet extra demand, yet fans snapped up tickets in record numbers. The final tally was 55,000 seats sold.

The old record for paid attendance was just set in December 2010, when 23,152 filled Montreal’s Bell Centre.

Natasha Wicks Baywatch Beach Babe Pictorial Brings You the Fix Friday Link Dump

UFC 129 in Toronto which features the Main Event: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields has hit an “uprecedented 42K in ticket sales” in four minutes according to ESPN: here.
It’s official, Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans II will co-headline the UFC 130 card. Thiago Silva admits to failing his UFC 125 drug test but […]

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UFC 129 in Toronto which features the Main Event: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields has hit an “uprecedented 42K in ticket sales” in four minutes according to ESPN: here.

It’s official, Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans II will co-headline the UFC 130 card. Thiago Silva admits to failing his UFC 125 drug test but denies using a banned substance: here.

Jay Hieron will meet Anthony Lapsley at Bellator 35. Hieron is replacing an injured Steve Carl. Find more information on Bellator 35: here.

Watch Ariel Helwani’s “Best of UFC 126 Interviews video, which includes Steven Seagal: here.

A new documentary highlighting the life and career of the late Evan Dunham will soon be released. Watch an excerpt from the film, with Chael Sonnen calling Dunham “irresponsible”: here.

You can watch the trailer for the Evan Dunham based documentary titled, “Once I Was A Champion” which features several UFC fighters, as well as Dana White: here.

Check out Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva Weigh-In results: here.

Dont’ forget to tune into Showtime Network this Saturday night for the first round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament featuring Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Silva and Andrei Arlovski vs. Sergei Kharitonov. You can place your bets by clicking the icons in the Odds Side Bar on our Home Page.

More pictures of Natasha Wicks from her Baywatch beach photoshoot this past weekend (before she got banged up) below:








Over 40,000 Tickets Sold on Record-Breaking First Day of UFC 129 Sales

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsA UFC 129 sellout at the Rogers Centre in Toronto is virtually assured after fans snapped up over 40,000 tickets in the first day of pre-sales to UFC Fight Club members.

UFC Director of Canadian operations Tom…

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A UFC 129 sellout at the Rogers Centre in Toronto is virtually assured after fans snapped up over 40,000 tickets in the first day of pre-sales to UFC Fight Club members.

UFC Director of Canadian operations Tom Wright told MMA Fighting that within 6-7 minutes of the box office opening, more seats had been added to meet the demand, and within an hour, available tickets were down to single seats.

The number of tickets sold has already shattered the the current paid North American MMA attendance record, which was just set at UFC 124 in Montreal, when 23,152 filled the Bell Centre.

UFC 129 Fight Card: GSP vs. Shields

Filed under: UFCThe UFC 129 fight card will be highlighted by Georges St-Pierre defending his welterweight title against Jake Shields at the Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Also, Jose Aldo, Randy Couture, Lyoto Machida and Ben Henderson wi…

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UFC 129 fight card featuring GSPThe UFC 129 fight card will be highlighted by Georges St-Pierre defending his welterweight title against Jake Shields at the Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Also, Jose Aldo, Randy Couture, Lyoto Machida and Ben Henderson will all get in on the action in what is being projected to be the biggest MMA event ever in North America.

The current fight card is below.

Dana White Says Five-Round UFC Main Event Non-Title Bouts Could be on the Horizon and that He Would Sign Overeem if He Could

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Dana White was in Toronto yesterday with a handful of the fighters from the UFC 129 card and although he didn’t drop any remarkable news during the press conference, a few interesting tidbits came out during the fa…


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Dana White was in Toronto yesterday with a handful of the fighters from the UFC 129 card and although he didn’t drop any remarkable news during the press conference, a few interesting tidbits came out during the fan Q&A session they did at Rogers Centre.

First off, the Baldfather said that the UFC is working towards making all main event non-title bouts five rounds. I’m not sure the commissions will go for the idea considering the Unified Rules clearly state that only championship bouts can be five rounds. It would be awesome if they could get it done — unless of course it’s a Fight Night card main event, then it might be painful.

Strikeforce tried and failed to make all of the heavyweight tournament bouts five rounds, but I’m guessing the conversation went something like this:

"Hey guys, it’s Scott Coker. Do you think we could make the tournament bouts five rounds? I have to put the request in writing? Forget it. We’ll just do three rounds."

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