UFC STADIUMSBEST PLACES FOR THE UFC TO BUILD MIXED

MARTIAL ARTS STADIUMSBy: Worldwide Mixed Martial Arts

OHIO• HOME TO MMA LEGENDS RICH FRANKLIN, KEVIN RANDLEMAN,

AND MARK COLEMAN

• MAJOR MARKETS OF CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI

AND MEDIUM SIZED MARKETS OF AKRON, DAYTON, TOLEDO

AND YOUNGSTOWN

• POPULATION OF 11.59 MILLION (2014)

• MAJOR UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING OSU, DEVELOP WRESTLING

TALENT

• MADE TO BE CENTERPIECE OF UFC’S MIDWEST PROMOTIONAL

EFFORTS

• WITHIN DISTANCE OF CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS, DETROIT AND

PITTSBURGH

• CURRENT OHIOANS IN UFC INCLUDE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP,

STIPE MIOIC, AND MATT BROWN

MACAO• BECAME WORLD’S GAMBLING CAPITAL IN 2006

• LOW TAX RATE FOR EVENTS AND FIGHTERS, WHICH

HAS ATTRACTED MAJOR BOXERS LIKE MANY PACQUIAO

• ESTABLISHES FOOTHOLD IN ASIAN MARKET

• CAN COMPETE DIRECTLY WITH ASIA’S LARGEST MMA

ORGANIZATION, ONE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

• HOSTED 3 EVENTS BETWEEN 2012-2014

HUNTINGTON BEACH• ONE OF ORIGINAL MMA HOTSPOTS IN US AND WORLD

• WHERE GRACIES FIRST STARTED PROMOTING BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU IN US

• HOME TO POPULAR UFC LEGEND, TITO ORTIZ, “THE HUNTINGTON BEACH

BAD BOY”

• COVERS LARGE, VITAL WEST COAST MARKET

• CALIFORNIA FIGHTERS INCLUDE DAN HENDERSON, RONDA ROUSEY, DIAZ

BROTHERS, CHUCK LIDDEL, LUKE ROCKHOLD, URIJAH FABER AND MANY

MORE

• STATE IS HOME TO AMERICAN KICKBOXING ACADEMY, KINGS MMA AND TEAM

ALPHA MALE GYMS

SYDNEY• NINE AUSTRALIAN EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE 2010. 4 EVENTS

HELD IN SYDNEY

• COVERS OCEANIA AND ASIAN MARKETS

• AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATION BRACE IS PART OF FIGHT PASS NETWORK

• AUSTRALIAN POPULATION OVER 24 MILLION IN 2016. SYDNEY

REACHED 5 MILLION MARK IN 2015

• NOTABLE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND FIGHTERS INCLUDE MARK

HUNT, BRIAN EBERSOLE, JAMES TE HUNA AND ROBERT WHITTAKER

FLORIDA• FLORIDA HAS HOSTED 10 UFC EVENTS

• FLORIDA HAS MAJOR MARKETS OF MIAMI, TAMPA BAY AND ORLANDO

AND MEDIUM SIZED MARKETS OF ST. PETERSBURG, JACKSONVILLE AND

TALLAHASSEE.

• HAS ONE OF LARGEST LATIN AMERICAN MARKETS IN COUNTRY

• FLORIDIAN MMA ORGANIZATION TITAN FC A MEMBER OF FIGHT PASS

• MAJOR FLORIDA GYMS INCLUDE BLACKZILLIANS AND AMERICAN TOP

TEAM

• 19.9 MILLION POPULATION (2015)

LONDON• HOST OF UFC’S BRITISH AND EUROPEAN EVENTS

• CAN SHOWCASE SUPERSTARS AND CHAMPS LIKE MICHAEL BISPING AND

CONOR MCGREGOR

• HOME TO OTHER MMA ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CAGE WARRIORS AND

BAMMA

• CAGE RAGE WAS STOMPING GROUND FOR MANY MMA LEGENDS LIKE

ANDERSON SILVA, VITOR BELFORT, PAUL DALEY AND MELVIN MANHOEF

• HOSTED FOURTH MOST (17 ) EVENTS AMONG ALL COUNTRIES

• POPULATION OF 8.7 MILLION (2015)

TORONTOHOME TO LARGEST UFC CROWD AT UFC 129. 55,724 ATTENDEES WITH

OVER $12 MILLION GATE

CANADA IS ONE OF COMPANY’S BIGGEST MARKETS. THIRD ON LIST OF

COUNTRIES HOSTING UFC EVENTS WITH 20 EVENTS.

RECENTLY SIGNED CANADIAN ORGANIZATION, TKO MMA, TO FIGHT

PASSCANADIAN FIGHTERS INCLUDE GEORGES SAINT-PIERRE, RORY

MACDONALD AND PATRICK COTE

METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION OF OVER 6 MILLION (2015)

RIO DE JANEIROHOME TO BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU AND CAPOEIRA MARITAL ARTS

HAS HOSTED SECOND MOST (25) EVENTS ONLY BEHIND THE UNITED

STATES. 7 EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO CITY HAS HOSTED

PAN-AMERICAN GAMES, WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS

POPULATION OF 6.5 MILLION (2016)

WITHIN HOUR OF SAO PAULO METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH IS THIRD

LARGEST IN WORLD WITH 12 MILLION INHABITANTS

ANDERSON SILVA, VITOR BELFORT, WANDERLEI SILVA, JOSE ALDO,

RODRIGO AND ROGERIO MINOTAURO, MAURICIO SHOGUN RUA AND

FABRICIO WERDUM JUST A FEW OF THE MANY BRAZILIANS THAT HAVE OR

STILL FIGHT IN THE UFC

NEW JERSEY• 18 EVENTS HELD IN NEW JERSEY OR NEW YORK, SECOND MOST IN US

• ACCESS TO NEW YORK MARKET

• NEW YORK METRO POPULATION 20.2 MILLION (2015)

• GAMBLING IN ATLANTIC CITY

• HOME TO NUMEROUS FIGHT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, RING OF

COMBAT

• FIGHTERS FROM NYC/NEW JERSEY AREA INCLUDE FRANKIE EDGAR,

JON JONES, CHRIS WEIDMAN AND ALJAMIAN STERLING

LAS VEGAS• “FIGHTING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”

• BY FAR THE MOST FREQUENT HOST OF UFC EVENTS WITH

105 OF 261 EVENTS (40%)

• HUGE TOURISM, FIGHTING AND GAMBLING INDUSTRIES

• HOME TO UFC AND WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING

• COULD HOUSE FUTURE UFC HALL OF FAME BUILDING

• HOSTS OTHER EVENTS LIKE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT WEEK

OTHER CONTENDERS• MEXICO – LARGE MARKET WITH FIGHTING HISTORY. UFC HAS BEEN INVESTING IN THIS MARKET

VIA ITS REALITY SHOW, THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, HOWEVER, STILL A YOUNG MARKET WITH ONLY 3 EVENTS HOSTED SO FAR.• CURITIBA, BRAZIL – HOME OF ANDERSON SILVA AND CHUTE BOXE, CURITIBA IS OVERSHADOWED

BY RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO IN SIZE. THE CITY HOSTED A HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IN MAY THAT BROUGHT MORE THAN 42,000 FANS TO A SOCCER STADIUM.• ALBUQUERQUE – MMA TRAINING MECCA AND HOME TO JACKSON-WINKELJOHN GYM. STILL, THE

CITY IN THE SPARSLEY STATE OF NEW MEXICO HOSTED JUST ONE EVENT, IN 2014.• JAPAN – HOME TO NUMEROUS MARTIAL ARTS AS WELL AS TO FORMER MMA POWERHOUSE, PRIDE,

THE UFC NEVER REALLY WAS ABLE TO FIND A FOOTHOLD IN THE COUNTRY, HOSTING JUST 8 TOTAL EVENTS AND ONLY TWO SINCE 2014.

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