The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its quest for world domination after confirming that a future event will be staged from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, according to The Sydney Herald.
The venue, formerly known as the Sydney SuperDome, can seat up to 21,000 fans and was recently contacted by Zuffa about a possible date in February 2010, according to the report.
From UFC president of the British division Marshall Zelaznik:
“It’s going to happen, we’re coming. Planning is in effect, we’ve had a number of strategy meetings and we are on the verge of retaining some key partners in Australia.”
The arena is probably best known for playing host to gymnastics and basketball for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games as well as its frequent WWE wrestling shows.
Despite the recent confirmation, the Outback has long been on Zuffa’s radar. UFC President Dana White first commented on a possible trip down under to the boys at knucklepit.com during a media conference for UFC 84 back in early 2008.
Here’s a snip:
We’re focused on Germany, the Philippines and Australia next. The Philippines is definitely happening. We’re working on that right now. Australia and Germany, those three are right now.
Germany played host to UFC 99 back on June 13 from the Lanxess Arena in Cologne while a Philippines show is currently in the works. If an Australian event comes to fruition by next year, one has to imagine that Brazil and Japan are not far behind for “The world’s fastest growing sport.”
Good to see the expansion is continuing, who could they put on the card for the home fans though?
George Sotiropoulos is the only one on the roster right now I think...
As far as "relevant" fighters go, I've got Jim York (Sengoku) and Mark Hunt (DREAM).
And for, well we feed him to everyone else value, Elvis Sinosic is a comedy possiblity.
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