Post by Bob Sapp on Dec 11, 2009 14:59:26 GMT -5
Haha, sorry for all the articles. I promise this is the last one.
UFC's Australian Debut Already a Success as UFC 110 Sells Out on First Day
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Dec 11, 2009 at 12:05 pm ET
After UFC Fight Club members and UFC.com newsletter subscribers snatched up a reported 10,000 tickets for UFC 110 during a four-day pre-sale, the Australian public quickly followed suit.
Despite the lack of even one officially announced bout, UFC 110 sold out on the first day tickets were available to the general public.
UFC 110 takes place Sunday, Feb. 21 at Acer Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With the time difference, the show will air on pay-per-view in the U.S. live on Saturday, Feb. 20.
Formerly known as the Sydney Superdome, Acer Arena is the largest indoor venue in Australia. Situated in Olympic Park, Acer Arena officially opened in 1999 and was one of the major venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
UFC president Dana White had planned on traveling to Australia to promote the event, but on Thursday he told a small group of reporters that he had canceled his plans after the encouraging pre-sale numbers.
While official word of the sell-out has yet to come from the UFC, a quick review of UFC 110's listing on Ticketek.com indicates an "Allocation Exhausted" alert for the event.
Tickets for the show were priced between AU$50 and AU$450.
While tickets sales for recent U.S.-based events have sometimes struggled, the Australian sell-out will no doubt encourage further global expansion for the world's largest MMA promotion.
The company's two highest-grossing shows in history were held in Canada, and former UFC champ Matt Hughes recently announced he would face new UFC signee Renzo Gracie on April 10 at a long-rumored UFC event in Abu Dhabi.
While UFC 110 has yet to receive an officially announced bout, the current rumored card includes:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell
Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Chris Lytle
Chris Haseman vs. Elvis Sinosic
James Te Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac
This card looks
ING INSANE. It'll be nostalgic to see Cro Cop, Nogueira and Wanderlei on the same card.
UFC's Australian Debut Already a Success as UFC 110 Sells Out on First Day
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Dec 11, 2009 at 12:05 pm ET
After UFC Fight Club members and UFC.com newsletter subscribers snatched up a reported 10,000 tickets for UFC 110 during a four-day pre-sale, the Australian public quickly followed suit.
Despite the lack of even one officially announced bout, UFC 110 sold out on the first day tickets were available to the general public.
UFC 110 takes place Sunday, Feb. 21 at Acer Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With the time difference, the show will air on pay-per-view in the U.S. live on Saturday, Feb. 20.
Formerly known as the Sydney Superdome, Acer Arena is the largest indoor venue in Australia. Situated in Olympic Park, Acer Arena officially opened in 1999 and was one of the major venues of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
UFC president Dana White had planned on traveling to Australia to promote the event, but on Thursday he told a small group of reporters that he had canceled his plans after the encouraging pre-sale numbers.
While official word of the sell-out has yet to come from the UFC, a quick review of UFC 110's listing on Ticketek.com indicates an "Allocation Exhausted" alert for the event.
Tickets for the show were priced between AU$50 and AU$450.
While tickets sales for recent U.S.-based events have sometimes struggled, the Australian sell-out will no doubt encourage further global expansion for the world's largest MMA promotion.
The company's two highest-grossing shows in history were held in Canada, and former UFC champ Matt Hughes recently announced he would face new UFC signee Renzo Gracie on April 10 at a long-rumored UFC event in Abu Dhabi.
While UFC 110 has yet to receive an officially announced bout, the current rumored card includes:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell
Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Chris Lytle
Chris Haseman vs. Elvis Sinosic
James Te Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac
This card looks
ING INSANE. It'll be nostalgic to see Cro Cop, Nogueira and Wanderlei on the same card.
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