Posted by thesportsjunky on April 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment
It was a rough run up to UFC 186 in Montreal as so many fighters were taken off of the card for so many reasons.
Posted by thesportsjunky on April 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
2014 was a rough year for UFC fans in two of the country’s biggest UFC hotbeds as they went the entire year without a fight.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on February 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The UFC made their return to Japan on one of the longest Pay-per-View fight cards ever with 7 fights on the main card. The UFC decided to make a big impact in their first trip to Japan since 2000 as they looked to break in to one of the biggest fight markets in the world. Japan has always been one of the centres for the MMA world with some of the biggest promotions in the world.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on February 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The UFC continues to expand throughout the world as they have already conquered North America, aside from New York, and Great Britain. A number of fights in Europe and Brazil have also shown that the UFC is willing to go anywhere to showcase the sport. Along the way the UFC has gone to a number of places that are crazy for the sport of MMA including Toronto, which Dana White called the Mecca of MMA, Brazil, the birthplace of modern MMA, and of course Britain, the birthplace of the bar fight.
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