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UFC RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA IN 2011
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - by Jeff Cain - MMAWeekly.com
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship took its Octagon to Australia for the first time on Feb. 21 with UFC 110. The event was an unabashed success with UFC president Dana White vowing to return, possibly making the land down under an annual stop.
White recently said the Las Vegas-based fight promotion will return to Australia in 2011.
If youve ever known how we do it, when we come in and were as successful as we were in this market, we make it an annual event. So well be coming back here obviously, White said to the media at the UFC 110 post-fight press conference in Sydney. Our first trip to Australia was very successful.
Following UFC 116 on July 3, White stated, Well be back to Australia next year.
Australia will likely be one of the first international locations to land its own The Ultimate Fighter reality show as well.
Were killing it in Australia, said the UFC president. Australia has become very, very good for us.
Its still up in the air whether the UFC will return to Sydney on its second trip to the Land Down Under, or if the Octagon might make its first appearance in Melbourne, another city the promotion has had its eyes on.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - by Jeff Cain - MMAWeekly.com
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship took its Octagon to Australia for the first time on Feb. 21 with UFC 110. The event was an unabashed success with UFC president Dana White vowing to return, possibly making the land down under an annual stop.
White recently said the Las Vegas-based fight promotion will return to Australia in 2011.
If youve ever known how we do it, when we come in and were as successful as we were in this market, we make it an annual event. So well be coming back here obviously, White said to the media at the UFC 110 post-fight press conference in Sydney. Our first trip to Australia was very successful.
Following UFC 116 on July 3, White stated, Well be back to Australia next year.
Australia will likely be one of the first international locations to land its own The Ultimate Fighter reality show as well.
Were killing it in Australia, said the UFC president. Australia has become very, very good for us.
Its still up in the air whether the UFC will return to Sydney on its second trip to the Land Down Under, or if the Octagon might make its first appearance in Melbourne, another city the promotion has had its eyes on.
