UFC to Montreal in November or December… Not so Fast
Written by Scott White on Fri, Aug 8, 2008
Today the guys at Fight Linker raised a very interesting posting regarding the UFC’s rumored card for November or December in Montreal, Quebec. The Bell Centre is booked for almost every Saturday for the Montreal Canadiens home games.
From Fight Linker:
Sat Nov 15, 2008 - Flyers @ Canadiens
Sat Nov 22, 2008 - Bruins @ Canadiens
Sat Nov 29, 2008 - Sabres @ Canadiens
Sat Dec 6, 2008 - Devils @ Canadiens
Sat Dec 13, 2008 - Capitals @ Canadiens
Sat Dec 20, 2008 - Sabres @ Canadiens
That leaves the UFC with Nov. 1st and 8th with Dec. being fully booked. The UFC currently has shows scheduled for Oct. 18th in England and Oct. 25 in Illinois. That pretty much eliminates the Bell Centre from the picture unless the UFC decides they want to have three big events in the span of four weeks.
One other option for the Las Vegas-based promotion is Olympic Stadium in Montreal. It’d be a very risky move considering the venue holds upwards of 65,000 people. The UFC generated huge interest for their first foray into Canada but they’d really have to advertise and put out a solid card to draw an audience of that size.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
What about Dec. 27th?
August 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
They always host their year end show in Las Vegas.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Not necessarily from what has been floating around.
August 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
you don’t break an indoor MMA event record, and then not showcase your event there again for New Year’s eve. If GSP wins tomorrow night, they will be in Montreal before 2009. Bank on it.