UFC Press Conference From the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada
by Nick Thomas on May 25, 2010 12:58 PM EDT
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PrintThe UFC announced Today that it will be opening a Canadian Office in Toronto that will be directed by sports industry veteran Tom Wright. Wright's impressive resume includes Comissioner of the Canadian Football League.Join us today at 1:00 PM EST:
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to hold a press conference today at Rogers Centre in Toronto, where the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts organization says it will make a "major announcement."
UFC president Dana White and chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta will be in attendance at the event, which was announced Thursday and will include a media Q&A.
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DonPlay with our hearts!
Please don’t play with our hearts Zuffa/UFC/Dana…..please.
It’s like that hot girl in class leaving a message, you’re so excited that you call back….only to find out she needs homework help.
Well something like that :P
I'm from Canada, and they think I'm slow eh!
I hate these “major” announcements by zuffa… always winds up being something that has been floating around the net for weeks.
by kanodogg on May 25, 2010 10:09 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
God….. I wish I could ditch off work to go!
by devious1 on May 25, 2010 11:03 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
More importantly, he was a good commissioner.
The CFL has had some grossly ineffective commissioners over the years. It’s not an easy job – you need to maintain the profitability of an independent league that cannot attract star players unless they’re somehow unfit for the NFL (Doug Flutie being the obvious example) – but Tom Wright had a great run.
If he can make MMA as popular in Saskatchewan as the Roughriders are, he’ll be worth his salary.
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by Llewdor on May 25, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Saskatchewans don’t exist. Except in Harry in Harry and the Hendersons.
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by beery_pbr on May 25, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
"Justice is the whim of a judge, check his chest density
It leaves much room for error, and the rest left to destiny."
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by DamnSevern on May 25, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nope.
*closes livestream
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: UFC LHW CHAMP! Justice is served, 2-0 against Machida!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on May 25, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Fool me once …. shame on you.
Fool me twice .. shame on me.
Fool me a dozen times … it’s probably time to accept that I am a retard.
by Steve4192 on May 25, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
This is an appropriate time for a Dubya analogy.
Fool me once……. Shame on… Shame on you. Fool me twice………. The point is cant fool me twice.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
Seeing as Zuffa HUGE ANNOUNCEMENTS OMG are never really that huge...
a Canadian Zuffa office makes sense…
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
Just like I mentioned earlier
It’s like calling that girl back…….she just wants homework help….
I'm from Canada, and they think I'm slow eh!
Next week, huge announcement in Vegas… They hired a summer intern.
Seriously UFC, what the hell.
Got the Summer hatin on me cus I'm hotter than the sun. Got the Spring hatin on me cus I ain't never sprung. Winter hatin on me cus I'm colder than ya'll; and I will never I will never I will never Fall.
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DO YOU WANT TO BE A FUCKING ASSISTANT?!
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
by Tonley on May 25, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
LOL
But seriously…every Zuffa “huge announcement” is either a fight and/or event that’s already been talked about to death in the MMA blogosphere or something about them expanding.
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
Just because we have talked about it to death doesn’t mean it isn’t a big announcement….. The press conference wasn’t to appease the blogs… It was to a major move into a new area. This is still big news.
by davidhamilton83 on May 25, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
it was to announce a major move…. i cant type.
by davidhamilton83 on May 25, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
There's no doubt that Zuffa expanding to a new area is still big news...
It’s just that every time Zuffa says that there is a huge announcements people always expect some epic event for whatever reason…
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
You know.
I may not be doing back flips over this announcement. But, I will give Zuffa their props. They are the reason MMA is growing internationally. If Zuffa werent doing what they are MMA would look completely different thaen it does today.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
They don’t hold press conferences to get the attention of blogs and their readers. They don’t need to do anything to get their attention.
They hold press conferences to attract the MSM and their readers/listeners/viewers.
They don’t hold press conferences to get the attention of blogs and their readers.
I know. It wouldn’t make any sense if they did. I was commenting on the expectations that many people on the internet put on every “huge announcement” they make.
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
Your original comment does not really address that, but this comment here makes more sense.
by davidhamilton83 on May 25, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
UGH….i hate the “MMA fighters are good people” thing
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 25, 2010 1:28 PM EDT reply actions
i'm waiting for some sport to break the mold:
“we know our athletes are typically bad people, but they’re great at what they do. we all need to look past the person and just be entertained by their skills.”
I'm old school hating Lesnar, I've been hating Lesnar since '08
I wouldn't even say that...
it’s the branding of all participants of anything as anything. the branding of MMA fighters as thugs was dumb, the branding of them all as wonderful people is dumb. they’re like any other group of people in any job. some of them are awesome, some of them are pricks, most of them are just kind of regular dudes
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 25, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear what you're saying...
But many people incorrectly believe that fighters are thugs and jackasses because of the few incidents they’ve heard of or seen and the collection of douches who sport Affliction shirts and act all tough in their communities…
Additionally, the mainstream media almost exclusively covers stories of fighters acting like idiots, so that is what the uneducated masses expect. They don’t see the good things and generally great people these guys are.
As much as it’s not needed for you and I – and somewhat tiresome to constantly hear – it needs to be reiterated so that John and Jane Q. Public start to realize that in fighters aren’t thugs, neanderthals or degenerates…
by E. Spencer Kyte on May 25, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
wasnt that the XFL's selling point?
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
ha, even when they’re making these primarily business related announcements, there’s still stupid energy drinks all over the place.
Yeah no kidding, Dana and Co must be tired as shit 24/7…
On that note, Xenergy is probably one of the better tasting energy drinks out there, but that’s besides the point.
Got the Summer hatin on me cus I'm hotter than the sun. Got the Spring hatin on me cus I ain't never sprung. Winter hatin on me cus I'm colder than ya'll; and I will never I will never I will never Fall.
The mat is my church, the ground is my heaven, Jiu-Jitsu is my religion. And once you hit the ground you're in my world. My world is like the ocean, I’m like a shark and most people don't even know how to swim - Draculino
by Patrick Tenney on May 25, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i will say i’m surprised with the canadian media’s knowledge of the sanctioning issues. don’t really see the same from some of the credentialed u.s. folks.
In Canada and Toronto specifically, MMA is treated like a main stream sport.
by Worldisart on May 25, 2010 3:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dana & the Fertittas are such an awesome combo....
They are the genius business men with the deep pockets, he’s the Don King who handles the fight stuff and production. I can’t see this train de-railing anytime soon.
From a UFC business perspective I would say this is a huge announcement for the UFC. Especially considering they said Canada is now almost 20% of their total market. It only makes sense to have an office there now to help with merchandising, marketing and all that kind of stuff if it’s that big a market for them. So I think this was worthy of them doing a press conference in Canada to announce it to the media and to get it out there. It can only help keep them in the media which will keep the topic of regulation a matter for discussion.
Just BE.
by mattman73 on May 25, 2010 1:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It’s big news, it just isn’t the kind of think that grabs the interest of us fans. They didn’t give us any juicy sound bites we can pick apart for hours or announce anything that would get our blood racing. For some reason people expect every press conference they do now to have huge breaking news that directly appeals to them?
I love how nerds on the interwebs think they are the center of the universe. There are many people for which the UFC opening an office in Canada is huge news. And get real, they open an office in perhaps the hottest MMA market in the world and they wouldn’t hold a press conference to announce that?
by DanielH on May 25, 2010 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well
I actually think it is a big deal and glad they held a press conference.
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by Kid Nate on May 25, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I know what it is..>!
They hired Fedor, and his first fight will be against Brock. However, that is not the big news. The big news is that Fedor must be dressed like the Swiss Miss girl, and Brock must be dressed like Liberace’!
your attempt at humor fell short. Sorry, I’m bustin’ chops today.
by davidhamilton83 on May 25, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Tom Wright is an excellent choice due to his credentials and his contacts in the Canadian sporting world. Much better choice than someone like Shane, especially when appearance in the public eye will have a BIG impact on getting sanctioned. Tom Wright is very well respected. Have to say, this one took me by suprise. UFC is very smart.
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