The Ultimate Fighting Championship will likely be holding UFC 140 in Montreal on December 10, 2011 at the Bell Centre. UFC Director of Operations, Tom Wright, appeared Wednesday night on Ringside Report Radio and confirmed plans for UFC 140 on December 10 in Montreal. “We’ll do Vancouver on June 11 and then most likely we’ll be back in Montreal on December 10,” Wright said.
The UFC debuted in Montreal in April of 2008 at UFC 83 when Georges St-Pierre defeated Matt Serra to win the UFC welterweight championship. The UFC returned to the Bell Centre with Anderson Silva and Thales Leites for UFC 97 in April 2009 and Lyoto Machida- Shogun Rua for UFC 113 in May 2010 before the return of GSP in the UFC’s fourth Montreal show. St-Pierre defended his title in the UFC’s last visit to his home city in December 2010 at UFC 124 against Josh Koscheck.
GSP’s last bout was on April 30, 2011 at UFC 129 in Toronto, Ontario where he defeated Jake Shields via unanimous decision. When asked whether a rumoured bout between St-Pierre and Nick Diaz could take place in Montreal, Wright said it would be great to have GSP come back to Montreal but it was still too early to determine a main event for December. “Well I’ve heard about the Nick Diaz-GSP fight but it is too early (to tell),” Wright said.
While Wright stated that no final decisions have yet been made for UFC 140, he maintained that Montreal most likely hold an event in 2011. “We know how important this market is to us and putting on great fights,” Wright said. “It’s a great venue (Bell Centre), it’s a great fan-base, it’s a great environment. The energy in that building is as good as any building in North America. We’ll always have a soft spot for Montreal.”
The UFC debuted in Montreal in April of 2008 at UFC 83 when Georges St-Pierre defeated Matt Serra to win the UFC welterweight championship. The UFC returned to the Bell Centre with Anderson Silva and Thales Leites for UFC 97 in April 2009 and Lyoto Machida- Shogun Rua for UFC 113 in May 2010 before the return of GSP in the UFC’s fourth Montreal show. St-Pierre defended his title in the UFC’s last visit to his home city in December 2010 at UFC 124 against Josh Koscheck.
GSP’s last bout was on April 30, 2011 at UFC 129 in Toronto, Ontario where he defeated Jake Shields via unanimous decision. When asked whether a rumoured bout between St-Pierre and Nick Diaz could take place in Montreal, Wright said it would be great to have GSP come back to Montreal but it was still too early to determine a main event for December. “Well I’ve heard about the Nick Diaz-GSP fight but it is too early (to tell),” Wright said.
While Wright stated that no final decisions have yet been made for UFC 140, he maintained that Montreal most likely hold an event in 2011. “We know how important this market is to us and putting on great fights,” Wright said. “It’s a great venue (Bell Centre), it’s a great fan-base, it’s a great environment. The energy in that building is as good as any building in North America. We’ll always have a soft spot for Montreal.”
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