Yesterday the UFC held a press conference in Calgary to announce that three events will be held in Canada each of the next two years. Calgary will play host for the first UFC in Canada this year with UFC 149 on July 21st. During the press conference UFC president Dana White also announced that featherweight champion Jose Aldo would headline the card against a “to be determined” opponent.
Canadian promotion Aggression MMA today released their fight card for its upcoming September 16th event, Aggression MMA: Unfinished Business. Featuring Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford, Tim “Thrashing Machine” Hague, and Freddy Assuncao, “Unfinished Business” will take place at the Shaw Conference Center in Edmonton on Friday, September 16th and can be seen across the globe through online Pay-Per-View at www.AggressionMMA.com for only $9.99.
With a Canadians in each one of the two title fights at UFC 129, the 55,000 fans in attendance had hoped to be celebrating tonight. Well fans had to settle with only one of their hometown favorites walked out of the Rogers Centre with gold around their waists.
Jake Ellenberger will step in Saturday night against the hometown favorite, Sean Pierson after replacing an injured Brian Foster.
On Saturday at UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields the UFC will step into uncharted territory holding their first ever stadium event. The Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is the home field for the Toronto Blue Jays (MLB) and was formerly known as the sky dome when it originally opened. After a record first day of ticket sales prompted more to be made available the Stadium sold out with a whopping 55,000 tickets sold.
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt under Cesar Gracie, Nate Diaz will be back in action at UFC 129 on April 30th in Toronto, against Canadian Rory MacDonald. The Season five winner of “The Ulitimate Fighter” where he fought as a lightweight, Diaz will make his third official appearance at welterweight.
The California-based clothing brand Milifidel has signed UFC light heavyweight and TUF 10 participant and the two have created a unique signature tee.
The Canada based MMA promotion Maximum Fighting Championship announced today that is has released former Ultimate Fighter contestant, Richie Hightower from the organization. Hightower was part of the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighter and fought on the finale show where he lost to Troy Mandaloniz by first round TKO.
