Post on 25-Jan-2017
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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