[fozzworth]

nice

[NasDestiny]

Damn, I have Rogers. Damn!

MMA in Canada is significantly less. Ontario, where Toronto and Ottawa, the national capital, bans MMA. It's illegal to fight there. Quebec and some other provinces allow it, but as compared to US, where it isn't illegal but at the same time unregulated. MMA though in hot beds, like Montreal, is huge.

[reconrob]

Originally Posted by TheShogunner

is mma bigger in canada then the U.S.?

I think per capita or pound for pound, Yes.

It is rare to meet people who have never watched it and quite a few watch it regularly.

Lots of Affliction GSP Couture Rampage etc shirts everywhere.

So who is going to the F'n UFC on April 19th!?

My wife works at Westjet so we can Fly to Montreal from Calgary and back again for $50.
So we are planning to spend what we save on air fare on Tickets.

[Totalshock]

Originally Posted by reconrob

I think per capita or pound for pound, Yes.

It is rare to meet people who have never watched it and quite a few watch it regularly.

Lots of Affliction GSP Couture Rampage etc shirts everywhere.

So who is going to the F'n UFC on April 19th!?

My wife works at Westjet so we can Fly to Montreal from Calgary and back again for $50.
So we are planning to spend what we save on air fare on Tickets.

Sweeeeet. That sounds like straight awesomeness.

Not sure if I'll be able to go, depends on how my schedule works, but I hope so. It's an easy drive from here, east of Toronto... and one of my wife's best friends is a student at McGill, so we have a place to crash.

[WhiteCrow]

why is this stickied anyways?

[reconrob]

Originally Posted by WhiteCrow

why is this stickied anyways?

You would have to read the whole thread.
It is kind of funny and I think at first Wamrage kept it up as a joke but it has kind of turned into a Official Canadian MMA thread.

I should change the first post post but I keep it up to for it's humor.

[GiantRobotDelux]

Originally Posted by Mitty8888

Does anyone know when the UFC is actually going to come to Canada. There was talk about UFC 80 being in Montreal in January however I read an article on Sherdog saying UFC 80 is going to be in England. Does anyone know anything else about a possible date in Canada

april 19th at the bell centre.

[KnifeEdged]

I'd friggin love to go see it.

The Bell Centre is going to be fucking PACKED. A couple more events like this and it'll be in Toronto, you just wait.

[NasDestiny]

I'm hoping to go, but I'm afraid of the prices for even the nosebleed seats.

[lurker1]

Originally Posted by KnifeEdged

I'd friggin love to go see it.

The Bell Centre is going to be fucking PACKED. A couple more events like this and it'll be in Toronto, you just wait.

No way, I doubt it. I'm a Toronto MMA fan, but the Ontario Athletics Commissioner, Ken Hayashi, is VERY strict about it. The guy is acting so conservative on this issue.

No matter how much money Quebec or surrounding states and provinces make off of UFC's rising mainstream popularity, Hayashi will NOT legalize MMA in Ontario until there is a strong amateur level organization running MMA in Ontario. And then after many years of successful trials and tests, then he'll legalize it.

In other words, don't expect to see MMA in Ontario until at least 2020.

Don't worry, I'm just as pissed as you.

The best way to get Ontario MMA legalized is to try to get an amateur level organization and regulating body set up as quickly as possible. Luckily we have the OMMAA trying to do that. That's one way. The other way is to change federal law dealing with combat sports, because the law is several decades (if not a century or more) old. But seeing the economic problems and other political issues in Canada, I doubt MMA law changes would be important on any politician's mind right now.

LEGALIZE MMA IN ONTARIO!! Imagine having an MMA event at the ACC? I'm confident to say that you can probably even fill up the Rogers Centre (...Skydome) if GSP were headlining a PPV there. Literally, you'd be able to fit 66,000 rabid fans in there and charge them grossly marked up ticket prices too

Oh well...only a dream for now