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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 10, 2015 19:14:32 GMT -5
UFC only does FOX cards in Chicago for some peculiar reason. Punk ain't fighting on free TV. I would venture to guess Punk will debut in Vegas. The same town as his infamous 2011 promo. I'll be honest I haven't kept track of UFC's venue locations that closely. About as far as I get is, "Gee, they sure do seem to have a lot of shows in Las Vegas" lol. So if UFC only runs TV events in Chicago, I really doubt Punk will debut in Chicago as fun as it would be.
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Post by Lancers on Mar 10, 2015 19:30:15 GMT -5
UFC only does FOX cards in Chicago for some peculiar reason. Punk ain't fighting on free TV. I would venture to guess Punk will debut in Vegas. The same town as his infamous 2011 promo. I'll be honest I haven't kept track of UFC's venue locations that closely. About as far as I get is, "Gee, they sure do seem to have a lot of shows in Las Vegas" lol. So if UFC only runs TV events in Chicago, I really doubt Punk will debut in Chicago as fun as it would be. They do a lot of shows in Vegas because they usually get much better gate numbers than anywhere else.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 10, 2015 19:33:56 GMT -5
I'll be honest I haven't kept track of UFC's venue locations that closely. About as far as I get is, "Gee, they sure do seem to have a lot of shows in Las Vegas" lol. So if UFC only runs TV events in Chicago, I really doubt Punk will debut in Chicago as fun as it would be. They do a lot of shows in Vegas because they usually get much better gate numbers than anywhere else. I was being a little facetious there. Las Vegas has always been a "big fight" city going back to before there was MMA.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Mar 10, 2015 20:41:16 GMT -5
They do a lot of shows in Vegas because they usually get much better gate numbers than anywhere else. I was being a little facetious there. Las Vegas has always been a "big fight" city going back to before there was MMA. Most boxing cards too, continuing to this day.
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Post by DragonMasterP on Mar 10, 2015 21:19:34 GMT -5
When GWF holds it's first show.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 21:32:29 GMT -5
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Whatever month Fedor finally debuts.
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Post by The Sam on Mar 10, 2015 21:43:58 GMT -5
February 30th, 2016.
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Post by saintpat on Mar 10, 2015 21:58:53 GMT -5
If there's an option for "never," I'd take that.
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Post by salz4life on Mar 11, 2015 13:55:25 GMT -5
It's already been announced that they are coming to Chicago this summer. I think it is the July Fox card. Guida is the big Chicago area guy. He's fighting in April on the Fairfax, VA card. I hadn't heard that until I looked at Wikipedia at the upcoming cards this afternoon. edit: Ricardo Lamas is also from Chicago. Felice Herrig is from Crystal Lake. There are probably others I'm not thinking of. Not sure if you missed it or I just wasn't clear, but what I meant was I already know they are coming to Chicago in July for a FOX TV event. What I'm thinking though is that they could come back to Chicago AFTER that event for Punk's fight. As for why they wouldn't have Punk's debut at the July FOX TV event in Chicago there are at least two big reasons. 1) This is a free TV event and Punk has said himself he expects to debut on PPV. Also add in to the fact that the UFC is a little short on drawing names and it makes all the sense in the world that Dana White and friends want Punk to debut on PPV. 2) Punk needs more time to train. July would really be rushing it (not much better than if it actually happened in April). Even if he debuted in December it could be considered too quick if his background really is as flimsy as has been reported, but five months makes a hell of a lot of difference if his prior training background is pretty much 0. Ok... I see what you are saying and agree with you. They've never been to Chicago twice in one year though. They may put a PPV in Milwaukee however.
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Post by xCompackx on Mar 11, 2015 18:51:40 GMT -5
If there's an option for "never," I'd take that. This so much. Far be it from me to criticize someone for trying something new, but Punk joining UFC was a publicity stunt, imo. I could be wrong and the guy could have a very successful run, but I don't see him ever actually stepping in the Octagon.
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