Thursday, February 15, 2007

UFC OFFICIALLY GOES UK ON APRIL 21



The Ultimate Fighting Championship today officially confirmed what has been rumored for quite some time now, their official return to the United Kingdom on April 21, 2007. Their first show in Great Britain in nearly five years is set to take place in Manchester, England at the MEN Arena, with tickets going on sale on Monday, Feb. 19.

“We are very excited to be back in the UK,” said UFC President Dana White in a release from the UFC. “We had a lot of obstacles over the last six years, but I never gave up on bringing the UFC back to the UK. Now we have our UK office up and running, we’re going to have fights in the UK and throughout Europe, so the UFC is here to stay.”

As White stated, the return to England has been a long time coming, but really got some legs to it in autumn of 2006 when the UFC announced the hiring Marshall Zelaznik as the President of their UK division.

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