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Zuffa’s Global Quest Starting With UFC 129 in Toronto

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe buzz word around the UFC for years, especially from president Dana White, has been “global.”

With its first stadium show, UFC 129 in Toronto on April 30, the promotion may have hit that word harder than it ever has before.
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The buzz word around the UFC for years, especially from president Dana White, has been “global.”

With its first stadium show, UFC 129 in Toronto on April 30, the promotion may have hit that word harder than it ever has before.

UFC 129 will shatter North American mixed martial arts gate and attendance records with an expected 55,000 fans at the Rogers Centre for a gate of more than $10 million. And the UFC Fan Expo being held in conjunction with the fight card has opened the doors for more fans at one MMA event than any other in history.

But Tom Wright, the UFC’s director of Canadian operations, said Tuesday that for UFC 129, “global” will be more than just a buzz word. It will be quite literal.

Zuffa’s Global Quest Starting With UFC 129 in Toronto

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe buzz word around the UFC for years, especially from president Dana White, has been “global.”

With its first stadium show, UFC 129 in Toronto on April 30, the promotion may have hit that word harder than it ever has before.
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The buzz word around the UFC for years, especially from president Dana White, has been “global.”

With its first stadium show, UFC 129 in Toronto on April 30, the promotion may have hit that word harder than it ever has before.

UFC 129 will shatter North American mixed martial arts gate and attendance records with an expected 55,000 fans at the Rogers Centre for a gate of more than $10 million. And the UFC Fan Expo being held in conjunction with the fight card has opened the doors for more fans at one MMA event than any other in history.

But Tom Wright, the UFC’s director of Canadian operations, said Tuesday that for UFC 129, “global” will be more than just a buzz word. It will be quite literal.

UFC 129 Expected to Again Utilize Facebook for Prelims

Filed under: UFC, NewsFor the seventh straight event, the UFC will once again utilize Facebook to bring free fights to fans.

Though not yet announced by the promotion, sources close to the UFC told MMA Fighting on Tuesday the company plans to stream …

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Claude Patrick.For the seventh straight event, the UFC will once again utilize Facebook to bring free fights to fans.

Though not yet announced by the promotion, sources close to the UFC told MMA Fighting on Tuesday the company plans to stream at least two preliminary card fights live on its Facebook fan page during the historic UFC 129 card in Toronto on April 30.

The current plan is for the bantamweight fight between Ivan Menjivar and Charlie Valencia and the welterweight bout between Claude Patrick and Daniel Roberts to be streamed on the UFC’s Facebook page, though the precise fights – and number of fights – could change.

Jose Aldo Finally Healthy After Overcoming Multiple Injuries

Filed under: UFC, NewsYou wouldn’t have known it from his last two title defenses, but UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was fighting hurt.

Last fall, his issues finally came to enough of a head that he was forced to pull out of a scheduled title …

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You wouldn’t have known it from his last two title defenses, but UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo was fighting hurt.

Last fall, his issues finally came to enough of a head that he was forced to pull out of a scheduled title defense at UFC 125 so he could get healthy. And while a neck injury was the official reason for pulling out of his fight with Josh Grispi in January, it was an issue with his right shoulder that has had him on the shelf for six months.

“There were two things that were bothering him,” said Aldo’s translator, Derek Lee, during a Tuesday media call ahead of UFC 129. “The first was on his neck – the C5 and C6, he had a little bit of pain on his discs. But really, the main injury was on his right shoulder. He feels that he injured it during the Mike Brown fight, and after that he still fought Urijah Faber and Manny Gamburyan.”

Dana White ‘Blown Away’ by Response to UFC 129 in Toronto

Filed under: UFC, NewsUFC president Dana White said Tuesday he was “blown away” by fan response to the promotion’s April show in Toronto.

UFC 129, scheduled for April 30 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, reportedly sold 42,000 tickets from its UFC Fig…

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Dana WhiteUFC president Dana White said Tuesday he was “blown away” by fan response to the promotion’s April show in Toronto.

UFC 129, scheduled for April 30 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, reportedly sold 42,000 tickets from its UFC Fight Club and newsletter presales alone last week – which led the UFC and Rogers Centre officials to reconfigure the seating setup to add more tickets for Saturday’s public on-sale.

Within minutes, the additional ticket allotment was gone, and the UFC had a new personal best – and North American record – 55,000 tickets sold with a record $11 million gate. White said the company took a risk putting that many tickets on sale for its first stadium show – but was banking on previous successes in Canada, in Montreal and Vancouver.

Dana White: Georges St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva Could Happen in 2011

Filed under: UFC, NewsFORT HOOD, Texas – UFC president Dana White on Friday told a small group of troops at the Fort Hood military post in Killeen, Texas, that a long-discussed superfight could come to fruition this year.

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FORT HOOD, Texas – UFC president Dana White on Friday told a small group of troops at the Fort Hood military post in Killeen, Texas, that a long-discussed superfight could come to fruition this year.

Speaking at a question-and-answer session that was closed to the public and attended only by enlisted military personnel, White said a fight between welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and middleweight champion Anderson Silva might take place in 2011.

Both fighters’ dominance in their respective divisions would lead to the matchup, though White cautioned that both need to win their upcoming title defenses.