"Mormon Influences" Contribute to UFC's Move From Utah to California
by Jonathan Snowden on Jun 14, 2010 8:46 PM EDT
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Heavy.com's Jeremy Botter is reporting that the UFC's second show on Versus is being moved from Salt Lake City to San Diego. The August 1st event, which features Jon Jones and Vladimir Matyushenko in the main event, was to mark the promotion's debut in Utah and religion may play a part in the move:
Sources close to the event informed Heavy.com of the switch this morning. An official announcement is expected to be made shortly....Many onlookers had questioned the original plan of holding a UFC event on a Sunday night in Salt Lake City, a city with heavy Mormon influences.
The second show on Versus was originally announced by Dana White soon after the organization's first Versus event as emenating from Oakland, California. Instead, Oakland plays host to UFC 117 on August 7th and Utah is left high and dry.
Utah, at least, will always have one immortal MMA moment. After the break...
[UPDATE from Luke Thomas]: The L.A. Times' Lance Pugmire reports on Twitter:
Dana White says he moved card to San Diego due to poor ticket sales in Utah...
We will try to determine if it's true. Either scenario - pushback from indigenous religious communities or poor ticket sales or poor ticket sales due to religious proclivities, habits - seems plausible on first glance, although the ticket sales would have to be exceptionally poor for such a dramatic move to be made. Historically the UFC has shown some willingness to paper events in cities with relatively lackluster ticket sales, although those events also achieved a baseline ticket sales threshold where papering the remainder of the seats made sense. More to come.
[UPDATE 2 from Luke Thomas] UFC issues a statement on the historic switch:
In a statement released by the organization Monday, UFC president Dana White cited a lack of ticket sales as the main reason the UFC on VERSUS 2 event was being moved.
According to White, it's the first time in the company's history a venue has been changed after tickets already went on sale.
"Our television ratings in Salt Lake City have always been strong," White said. "When we finally found the opportunity to bring a UFC event there with a great card, I was very surprised and disappointed in ticket sales.
"As a result, for the first time in UFC history, I decided to pull the plug and move this August 1st event to the San Diego Sports Arena."
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I find it interesting that you had to go to a website called “somethingevil.com” to find a picture of someone holding The Book of Mormon.
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I really hope that nobody on here attacks the mormon faith...
because they are some of the nicest ppl that I have ever met. I am obviously not mormon (the tattoo sleeves should give it away) but I think blaming them would not be right.
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Also, in my interactions with them, they have always had hot women.
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My experience has been the same. Also, generally less pushy than most other proselytizers.
by HarmlessNinja on Jun 14, 2010 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Come to Utah and you will see the pushy ones that give it a bad name.
It is highly frowned upon in my neighborhood that I am no longer a Mormon. They looked down on me when I was young because my parents were divorced.
But I will say this: the nicest people I have ever met in my life are Mormons, but not all of them are.
This.
coming from a staunch atheist dating a beautiful, and faithful, Mormon girl. I like her and her whole family very much.
That said, there are bad apples in every bunch. They just tend to congregate around…congregations. Usually leading them.
Where’s Joe Rogan when I need him? someone call him, he’ll know what’s up.
I’m Mormon and a hardcore MMA fan. If I was living in Salt Lake city or if UFC comes to my town I’m going on one condition. It’s isn’t on Sunday. That’s a deal breaker for me. I don’t go out and do stuff on Sunday. I strongly suspect that that this is the reason the ticket sales didn’t work.
And for the record, Mormons don’t tend to culturally disdain violence. Sort of the opposite really. They love guns and hunting and ammo etc. The religion however advocates peace and love, the people still don’t mind a bit of gore.
It seems like absolute madness that they would book it for a Sunday in SLC. It’s not even as though they normally have fights on Sundays. Clearly someone at Zuffa dropped the ball.
by HarmlessNinja on Jun 15, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You started out so well and then succumbed. Usually the people leading congregations (bishops) are the most awesome of the bunch. I’ve had friends who were going through things that were severely looked down upon by the culture (homosexuality etc) and the bishops were amazingly understanding. I’ve had my own serious issues (cheating on my wife) and the bishop that counselled me through it and back into the fold was remarkably understanding and helpful. He wasn’t judgemental, he didn’t make me feel guilty, he just helped me through it. There are some bad Bishops, but I’ve heard nothing but good things from people going through this type of thing.
I've met some very nice Mormons
and I had a friend who grew up in a Mormon family that was highly abusive (her father is now in jail).
Just like any other religion, there are some good folks and bad ones…and I don’t think moving this event has much to do with the prevalent religion in the area…though perhaps Sunday night was not a good choice.
Nothing in the original article suggests...
…that the UFC is moving the event as a result of Mormon pressure. It may turn out that this is eventually the case, but I think Snowden is being a little irresponsible with his interpretation of the Heavy article.
I’m a critic of Mormonism and all, but let’s not jump to conclusions just yet.
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by Sabate on Jun 14, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No pressure by Mormon faith
There are at least two MMA companies that put fights on all the time in large arenas as the ESA where the Jazz play and a slightly smaller arena 8k that gets good crowds. It is because the mormon faith does not go out on Sundays. That is the reason. There are a ton of MMA fans in Utah.
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by Jeremy Mauss on Jun 15, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
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Is huge in Utah, that is why. Dana White did not do his research and failed.
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by Jeremy Mauss on Jun 15, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh,Travis Fulton vs Jeremy Bullock.Perhaps one of the greatest moments in MMA history.
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by DayGeaux on Jun 14, 2010 5:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
reminds me of the 30 Rock joke
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by Anthony Pace on Jun 14, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
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In my Top 5 movies!
Shogun lost a close decision! Everyone get crazy!
Ugh
Every time I see that drop I nearly crap myself
And sigh for Utah, we’ll break through eventually!!!
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Forget it! He was injured but made a full recovery.
Travis Fulton went on the fight quite a bit more. He has 253 professional fights!! He fought basically everyone back in the day. I’ve never heard of him but he made quite a name in the sport albeit many years ago.
And only 20 of those fights went to a decision...
Of his 195 wins…. 6 were decisions. Dude finishes fights or loses trying.
From what I have heard and read over the net threw the years is Bullock broke his back and was in and out of hospitals for about 18 months after the fight. He went on though finally to make a full recovery, Bullock still teaches Taekwondo.
That Taekwondo did a hell of alot for him in MMA now ?
i asked Travis about this..
…post coming at some point. Crazy life of Travis Fulton.
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by Jonathan Snowden on Jun 14, 2010 7:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Looking forward to that very much! The only consolation in his recent loss to Rodriguez is that it should help Ricco back into the UFC.
by HarmlessNinja on Jun 14, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Woooooooooo!
SoCal MMA, fuckers.
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I've been to several.
We’ll see what the ticket prices are. Sports Arena is kinda a shithole, but I’m stoked on seeing Bones and Okami live again. I’ve always wanted to see Gomi fight live, and the US debut of Chiquerim is gonna be sick. You planning on hitting it up?
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Probably not
I’ve never been to one but this card looks exciting from top to bottom. I’ll have to see if I can magically get some cash :)
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I'm definitely hitting this one up
Sucks for the Utah fans (all three of them), but I’m quite pleased to have a solid event here in SoCal, and with relatively cheap tickets compared to the times the UFC has come to Staples Center.
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by CasualMMAFan on Jun 15, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, i wonder how that guy's still holding together
i mean chuck lidell has like a tenth of the fights that guy had and he’s out of it for the past 4 fights in a row allready.
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my buddy has the DVD of this event
The taekwondo guy gets taken out of the ring on a stretcher with a neck brace on…it freaked me out.
It's really ironic
One of the best Spring Breaks I’ve ever had was in SLC. No booze was fine, there were plenty of other mind altering substances readily available and the girls well yeah you can imagine.
No, I can't imagine.
Do tell.
Should I be going to Salt Lake City?
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by Jonathan Snowden on Jun 14, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys sound worse than Senator McCain trying to talk MMA back ion the 90’s. Obviously you don’t know much about Mormons or MMA as a business. Holding the event on a Sunday at such a big arena would’ve been disaster. Hold it on any other day of the week and it would’ve done great. BTW, Court McGee and Josh Burkman are both mormon.
i dont know about burkman
But Court McGee is definetely not. He stated that his wife and her family are, but he is not.
Mormons have very interesting beliefs. I am not going to bash them because i have my own personal beliefs about God so i respect their right to their own,
BUT i do have to say that its nothing short of amazing that Joseph Smith actually has 13 million followers world wide when looking where he started out. I dont agree with it but it blows my mind when i think about it
They definitely are screwy, but...
My personal beliefs are that all religions are wrong. I won’t bash someone for being religous and I want the same respect given to me for not having a religion. Mormons can’t accept this and this is why I dislike them more than any other religion. And I am also not Atheist either. I have no ties to any religion.
I was raised mormon and I broke away
They dont hate you for being atheist. Its just a huge Sin in there eyes.
Well…….the normal Mormons wont. But there are super crazy ones in every religion
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My neighborhood is littered with the crazy ones...
I’m not atheist anyways, but the whole neighborhood has always looked down on me for breaking away. They pretty much view my mom as a failure in my neighborhood because only 1 of 3 went on a mission.
Oh ok thats a diff situation
Ya my family pretty much hates me for breaking away it sucks.
I think its dumb that they condemn you for learning it and then saying you dont believe. But whatever
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For sure...It's like I said in the other post
I don’t disrespect their religion yet they disrespect my lack of religion. And my neighborhood sucks. (Obviously, since you know the types I’m talking about) But my mom is really cool about it. My older brother that went on a mission isn’t on the other hand.
He gave me a Book of Mormon for Christmas one year that had a personal message to me on the inside that was him basically telling me that since I am not Mormon anymore that I am going nowhere in life. The funny part of that is that I am more successful professionally than him.
My parents act cool about it when my little brother and sister are around
But if im the only one home i might as well be dead.
My bro and sis arent really old enough.
But I can kind of understand why though. With the whole “Families can be together for enternity” And then you ditch it. it makes sense. But the crazy ones are the one that makes the entire religion look stupid.
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Exactly...It was a crappy situation for my family in general
Since my mom and dad were divorced they already looked down on us since we were the only family in the neighborhood that had a single parent.
I understand why they can be mad, but they need to learn to respect other people’s choices. I’ve had way too many instances of the church leaders trying to pressure me back in. They were borderline trying to strong arm me back in. I almost told the guy to “Fuck Off” but I held back.
I do the whole agree but dont ever give a real time to meet up
and if they question me id just ssay i was busy and repeat.
But yea seems like similar stories. i left cause organized religion has to many problems
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Way too pushy for my liking,
and I just don’t believe the religion. I personally think that the religion is founded on the lies of Joseph Smith. I personally think that he is a glorified scam artist.
Know what you mean
But its got people acting ok for the most part. They are nice people that will help ya out so If it works for them great.
Just isnt for me.
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obviously u guys know more than me so i have a question
my knowledge of mormonism is strictly from a couple i know at school so i may be wrong here, but i thought that mormons aren’t allowed to really partake in any activities outside of church on sundays. as in they can’t even buy things or go out somewhere to eat. with the versus event being on a sunday, wouldn’t this stop a lot of mormons in the area from attending the event, regardless of whether or not they were interested in it? this would explain the good television ratings from the area, but lack of sales for the event
by kanginator10 on Jun 14, 2010 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, you are correct...
They believe that Sunday is a day of rest and that nothing should be done on that day.
If you come to Utah you would understand better. The place is almost a ghost town on Sundays. That is actually my favorite part of Utah.
Trust me, there is plenty of interest for MMA in Utah, but putting it on Sunday was a ridiculous idea, and whoever thought of it should be kicked in the nuts and fired.
Any other day of the week and we would sell out Energy Solutions Arena.
Well the way i was taught its
You arent supposed to cause someone to work on sunday so buying things would be having people work its like that.
But a lot of Mormons will go to sports game and stuff. But Utah is where you cant go anywhere without seeing another Mormon so its ghost townish.
But here in NC where im at Mormons will have barb qs and stuff. Its not as strict.
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I got that teaching also...
I just always get questions from people about explaining that so I didn’t want to try. A “good” Mormon shouldn’t go to a sports game on a Sunday because it causes the people at the stadium to work.
Also, I have been told that family get togethers such as bbq’s and birthday partys are ok.
Well the BBQs here cause people to have to go get stuff
Because mormons cant plan with a shit haha.
But My dads reasoning for going to his panthers games is “The people who work at the stadium get a free game to watch its fun for them it doesnt count”
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haha alright thanks for the info guys. wonder if dana knows WHY the event hasn’t been selling
by kanginator10 on Jun 14, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Dam thats so so harsh atleast in the Amish & Mennonite communities they give there Young ones being Sons and daughters there own choice
I think its 2 or 3 years the Person/ gets when he turns 16 or 18 some age around there to go out into the real world and see if its for them or not .total freedom to make there own choices. Then at the age of 18 or 21when the time period is over they have to make a choice if they want to be part of the community/religion or not.
Yea thats how it works haha
I love me some amish food
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finally
san diego needs some UFC love…
by silent.bisonte33 on Jun 14, 2010 6:12 PM EDT reply actions
So does SLC...
I already hated Mormons enough just living around them, now this!!!
I’ve visited slc quite a few times and was very surprised at the number of mexicans there (alot). of course go north, Ogden and beyond and people look at you funny if you aren’t white.
by kanodogg on Jun 14, 2010 9:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Pretty much everywhere outside of SLC is mostly white...
If you want to get extreme exposure to Mormon’s go to Utah County. It is where BYU is and there mall isn’t even open on Sundays. In SLC a lot of stuff is atleast open on Sunday.
Can I make the SD trip and then turn around and do UFC 117 in Oakland? Interesting dilemma for the L.A. based MMA fans.
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
Where exactly is the dilemma?
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by Earl Montclair on Jun 14, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I’m in for about 6-7 hundred for UFC 117 so adding another 3-4 hundred for S.D. a couple days earlier is a lot financially for one week of UFC. Gotta spread the love throughout the whole season.
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
stupid money!
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by Earl Montclair on Jun 15, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
It could be worse. I am making a 8 hour drive to Vegas just for the UFC116 weigh-ins and autograph session. I just feel like I should see Shane Carwin just once in person before he gets killed by Brock Lesnar.
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by Earl Montclair on Jun 14, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s a big mofo, I was afraid when I shook his hand that he might sneeze and accidently break all my fingers.
by ufc4 on Jun 14, 2010 7:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
I'm pissed...
I already have my tickets and was so excited to see the UFC finally come to my hometown.
Living around so much Mormon influence can get rather irritating at times.
I would be pissed too
if i was the only one that bought tickets
by TheBiggertheyare... on Jun 14, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
did a massive swathe of comments get pulled?
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This place is so elitist :D
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by Earl Montclair on Jun 14, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Terrible News!!!
This sucks. I was so excited for this event. I live in SLC and Jon Jones is from the same area as I’m from. ‘Guess I’ll have to visit my central NY friends in SD then.
I'm from SLC as well...
I’m bummed because I can’t make the trip to San Diego for this.
So excited and then a complete let down. But I will say this:
Whoever at Zuffa thought it would be a good idea to come to Utah on a Sunday should be kicked in the nuts.
YES! Strikeforce Weds, then UFC in August? Woo hoo!
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Poor Planning on the UFC's part to hold and event on a Sunday in SLC
Good planning on the UFCs part to bring it to San Diego!
Regarding the update
Poor ticket sales and resistance from the Mormon community go hand in hand. I believe it was scheduled on a Sunday and Mormons don’t do anything on Sunday. They won’t even let BYU play in the NCAA tournament on a Sunday the last I checked.
Internally
They are saying it is because it is a Sunday.
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by Jonathan Snowden on Jun 14, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
What a surprise...
They should fire whoever though it was going to be a good idea to come on a Sunday to Utah. Nothing happens on Sundays here.
The UFC should still go to SLC
Just not on a Sunday. Seems fairly obvious.
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+1 for that...
I’m from Utah and am pissed that they moved it, but they must have had their heads way up their asses to believe that the ticket sales would do good on a Sunday event in Utah.
Went to a mall or shopping center in SLC on a Sunday in the middle of the afternoon needless to say I was terribly alone. Imagine if Brock was half Tongan
That is 1 thing I love about Utah...
If you aren’t a Mormon then you have tons to do on Sundays and no annoying people in your way. It feels like a ghost town on Sundays. It was even better for me when I was a skateboarder. Any skate spot was easy to skate on Sundays because everyone is either home or in church.
Shouldn't be too surprising
about poor ticket sales. This card is really weak in terms of casual fanbase and even a lot of hardcores couldn’t care less about this one.
Anyone who doesn’t care about a Jon Jones fight isn’t a hardcore. Anyone who doesn’t care about Munoz vs Okami isn’t hardcore. Hell, a hardcore should even know that John Howard vs Jake Ellenberger is a great fight. Man, even Gomi is on the card!
If someone actually knows this sport and isn’t interested in this card, i gotta question whether or not they’re actually a fan.
You would be surprised
how many friends I have that say how much they love the sport and don’t have a fucking clue who any of these people are. I end up being the guy who has to educate people. Everytime a buddy of mine asks me who Jon Jones is I shake my head and try to make them understand what they are missing.
Native Utahn here
Just when I was getting over the idea of not seeing Liddell in the octagon anymore, and now this. There is a share of the population here that may not have chosen to attend the event because of their religious beliefs, however, as it was mentioned above Josh Burkman and Court McGee are both from Utah as well as a number of other fighters and tons of fans of the sport. There are several local promotions that do well here and the fans are hungry for more. I was excited to hear that the UFC was hosting an event here. That quickly changed when I heard the main event was going to be a gimme for Jon Jones. Vladimir has won his last 3 fights by decision and lost the one before that. Give us something that is worth watching!
I'm a native Utahn as well...
and I was surprised by their decision to place the event on a Sunday. I said it in an earlier comment and I’ll say it again:
Whoever at Zuffa thought it would be a good idea to come to Utah on a Sunday should be kicked in the nuts.
Hard to believe
the UFC could actually book this event without considering the Mormon culture.
Yeah, let’s book a combat sports event on a Sunday in Mormon territory, good idea.
I hear that Utah closes at 8:30.
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All the mormons I know are very nice people.*
*I’ve only ever met one mormon.
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by bigstupidsmile on Jun 14, 2010 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Headline: UFC on Versus 2 a bust in Utah
because it is. Lol I can actually go to the SD show.
...And just 30 minutes ago there was an earthquake that could be felt in San Diego
Or was that Jon Jones being explosive?
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It was an awesome fuckin' earthquake.
You missed out.
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I dont dislike mormons....
I just cant finish a whole one by myself.
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UFC in SLC
I am from Salt Lake as well I work on an MMA radio show and they were skeptical of having it on Sunday, and blaming Dana White for not doing his research. Also, I am not a huge follower of the sport but has there ever been a Sunday event?
Also, the move seemed premature since the event is still 7 weeks away, there is a huge MMA fan base in Utah. The Sunday event would deter some from going, but had it been a Saturday attendance would not have been a problem.
There have been local fights at the Energy Solutions arena that had 11k, so I have to put the blame on Dana White for not doing his research, and it is sad because this experience may never land Utah an MMA event again.
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