UFC To Hit Philadelphia in 2009
Yesterday UFC President Dana White confirmed that the promotion will look to make a stop in Philadelphia before the year is out. This announcement comes just less than a week after the state of Pennsylvania officially ratified the rules and regulations of mixed martial arts for the state.
In regards to Philadelphia playing host to the UFC, White had this to say:
It’s a big fight town, always has been. When you talk about Las Vegas, you talk about New York, Philadelphia is one of them too. The Blue Horizon, I saw some of the best boxing ever from the Blue Horizon in Philly. It’s a big fight town.
This interest in putting on a fight in the “City of Brotherly Love” shows that even with the UFC growing global expansion, they are still looking to expand their markets in the US as well. Along that same vein, the UFC president also continued to speak of the promotion’s desire to host an event in New York City before the end of 2009, as well as mentioning hopes to hold a “Fight Night” event in Buffalo. The likelihood of those wishes being realized continues to rest on the shoulders of the New York State Legislator, which has yet to lift the state’s ban on MMA.
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Nice to see the best sport in the world going to new places. I ‘m going to be at this event for sure!!!!!!
all good, were are danas blogs??? only two been posted?
They normally get posted here which I am subscribed to, and they haven’t posted anything since Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
johnboy, I know that the FrenZy is on top of the blogs, to be honest I didn’t see any yesterday anywhere soo I personally don’t know but I can’t wait for the next one….
Going to Philly is going to be great, too bad that Eddie Alvarez is signed with Bellator (thingy) he would be a great fit for the first show in Philly, and I would put him up against Sean Sherk or Gray Maynard if he were to join the UFC LW division.. The UFC will sell out quickly in Philly as well, super good news
OH. HELLS. YEA.
YES!!!!!!!! this just made my day!
I’m happy to hear this news. This is a great thing for the UFC because it’s only going to help them gain more popularity and hopefully attract more fans to MMA. They just better have a good card for that day.
guess i should start saving up my money now, im gonna need lower level tickets for this.
new jersey now philly come on new york i needs some ufc in nyc
i think it would be awesome for the UFC if New York can lift their ban on MMA. New York is a huge stage, if the UFC really wants to go mainstream they need to someday hold events in New York
it would be cool for the UFC to go to a new town where they can do an outdoor event. One place i can think of would be AT&T Park in San Francisco
“The Rose Bowl” perhaps? But it would be awesome for them to do an outdoor event in a large capacity stadium.. I would really like to see large numbers of fans fill the stadiums ie Saitama Super Arena (90,000) how sick would that be if the UFC pulled off a event of that caliber wow, ofcourse us crazy americans and alcohol security would have to be TIGHT, but whatever I’m getting way off topic…