Vancouver is on the verge of losing UFC 115

Post #1 » by **LittleOzzy** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:57 pm

The mixed-martial arts event was slated for June 12 at GM Place but bureaucratic red tape surrounding insurance and other matters has forced the world’s largest fight promotion to look at moving the fight out of Vancouver.

Some reports say the fight may move to Cincinnati. There is also a slim chance the fight could move to Calgary where Zuffa LLC — the UFC’s parent company — has been looking to book a fight for its World Extreme Cagefighting promotion for June 20.

A source close to the UFC says the last minute problems have the promotion worried whether all its indemnification requirements will be filled in time to host the June show in Vancouver.

UFC president Dana White and vice-president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner are refusing to comment on the matter and sources say the UFC is preparing to release more information on the fate of UFC 115 in the coming days.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Fighting/UFC/ ... 99621.html

Posey H8er · Post #2 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:39 pm

That would seriously blow for Canadian mma fans. There are also rumors that Liddell will fight Couture at UFC 116 in July, along with Carwin/Brock and Sexyama/Wand. If true wtf happens with this card?

Post #3 » by **CPT** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:56 pm

They are trying to move it to Cincinnati because Liddell will be fighting Rich Franklin in the main event.

El Hardee · Post #4 » by **El Hardee** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:21 am

CPT wrote:They are trying to move it to Cincinnati because Liddell will be fighting Rich Franklin in the main event.

Entertaining match up of 2 legends, but Dana needs to bring more than that to the table. Wand/Chuck/Tito/Couture/Franklin/Hughes should NEVER again headline a card. I appreciate all the wars they have been through for our entertainment but these cats have had it. No disrespect they all are HOF'ers.

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:49 am

El Hardee wrote:
CPT wrote:They are trying to move it to Cincinnati because Liddell will be fighting Rich Franklin in the main event.
Entertaining match up of 2 legends, but Dana needs to bring more than that to the table. Wand/Chuck/Tito/Couture/Franklin/Hughes should NEVER again headline a card. I appreciate all the wars they have been through for our entertainment but these cats have had it. No disrespect they all are HOF'ers.

I agree, but it's the TUF coaches fight. They can always get a solid PPV buy out of that one, so they'll save the bigger main events for a bigger show.

Kaizen · Post #6 » by **Kaizen** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:08 pm

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2010/03/31/ufc_vancouver/

Card will happen in Vancouver.

jTF2 · Post #7 » by **jTF2** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:21 pm

this news makes baby jesus giggle gleefully

Blame Rasho · Post #8 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Apr 1, 2010 1:03 am

Posey H8er wrote:That would seriously blow for Canadian mma fans. There are also rumors that Liddell will fight Couture at UFC 116 in July, along with Carwin/Brock and Sexyama/Wand. If true wtf happens with this card?

Move it to Montreal

Quite honestly they have the best fight fans in the world....

cowboyronnie · Post #9 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Apr 1, 2010 3:12 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
Posey H8er wrote:That would seriously blow for Canadian mma fans. There are also rumors that Liddell will fight Couture at UFC 116 in July, along with Carwin/Brock and Sexyama/Wand. If true wtf happens with this card?

Move it to Montreal

Quite honestly they have the best fight fans in the world....

They have Toronto's best fight fans...

Blame Rasho · Post #10 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Apr 1, 2010 3:57 am

cowboyronnie wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
Posey H8er wrote:That would seriously blow for Canadian mma fans. There are also rumors that Liddell will fight Couture at UFC 116 in July, along with Carwin/Brock and Sexyama/Wand. If true wtf happens with this card?

Move it to Montreal

Quite honestly they have the best fight fans in the world....

They have Toronto's best fight fans...

Nah... it is those crazy french Canadians...

sh00n · Post #11 » by **sh00n** » Sun Apr 4, 2010 9:34 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:
Posey H8er wrote:That would seriously blow for Canadian mma fans. There are also rumors that Liddell will fight Couture at UFC 116 in July, along with Carwin/Brock and Sexyama/Wand. If true wtf happens with this card?

Move it to Montreal

Quite honestly they have the best fight fans in the world....

Posey H8er · Post #12 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Apr 5, 2010 7:27 am

danawhite

ALVES vs FITCH in vancouver!!!!!!
6 minutes ago via web

This just made the card much better.

Post #13 » by **CPT** » Mon Apr 5, 2010 12:09 pm

Yeah, that's great news.

Good fight, and it's just good to know Alves is healthy enough to be booked for a fight that soon.

This is shaping up to be one of those cards with a weak main event, but is 5/6 fights deep (if not more....even some of the prelims look good) with interesting, competitive matchups.