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| UFC Release Schedule for Rest of Year, Confirms Portland Date |
| The News - Mixed Martial Arts | Written by Marshall Bowen | Thursday, 21 August 2008 | ||||||
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Dana White released the schedule for the rest of the year for UFC events. Yahoo Sports is reporting that White has confirmed that while he had hoped to have another card in Montreal, originally scheduled to be UFC 91, it will instead be held in Portland, OR on Nov. 15. This confirms rumors circulating the internet yesterday of UFC making their debut in the state of Oregon. White also confirmed the Kenny Florian vs Joe Stevenson fight for that card.
White would not release further fight information for UFC 91 but did say that that the anticipated welterweight title fight between champion George St. Pierre and lightweight champion BJ Penn, originally rumored for the UFC 91 event, will instead move to the Super Bowl weekend event on Jan. 31 in Las Vegas. Click Read more for the full schedule for the rest of 2008 The UFC's schedule for the rest of the year if as follows
Posted by: I HATE HATE UFC MMA AFL ANYTHI at 08-22-2008 00:54 LIKE WHAT THE HELL NO EVENT ON NEW YEARS EVE Posted by: Steve Wightman at 08-22-2008 02:17 Well it's never actually on New Year's Eve... usually around 29/30 December. It's usually a HUGE card, so I wonder what they're planning for it (...especially with the GSP/Penn 2 fight being held until January...)? Posted by: Kevin Chevalier at 08-22-2008 18:25 Didn't Dana say he was coming to NYC or Boston by the end of the year? Posted by: Marshall Bowen at 08-22-2008 21:15 New York still has legalized MMA, and won't have a say so until at least Nov or early 2009 at the latest. I don't know why he didn't pursue Boston, however Write Comment
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