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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Recession Resistant, UFC Pulls Solid Numbers in Columbus
 The UFC rolled into Columbus, Ohio this week to make its third straight stop on the same weekend as the Arnold Sports Festival.
UFC 96, headlined by a bout pitting former UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton Jackson against Jackson's MMA fighter Keith Jardine, was another resounding success. Attendance for UFC 96 was announced at the post-fight press conference to be 17,033, accounting for a gate of $1.8 million.
UFC president Dana White recounted that he heard on a Columbus radio station that between the Arnold's and the UFC being in town, they brought in an estimated $41 million to the capitol city.
"These hard economic times and doing a huge number like that. I know we're going to do it in Montreal, and everywhere else we go," said White at the post-fight presser.Labels: Attendance, Columbus, Ohio, UFC 96
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 4:53 AM
Monday, October 13, 2008
Surprise! UFC Likely to Ohio During Arnolds
 Not that it's a big surprise, but Bernie Profato, head of the Ohio Athletic Commission, told the "The Plain Dealer" in Cleveland that the UFC has tentative plans to return to the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on March 7, the same weekend as the Arnold Sports Expo.
The promotion has run events in Columbus the past two years, both times the same weekend as the Arnolds, pulling from the huge crowds that flock there for the fitness expo. The demographic for both has a huge crossover, so it is a "no brainer" for the MMA juggernaught.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship debuted in Columus at UFC 68 in 2007, setting what was at the time a North American attendance record with 19,079 fans in attendance. The Octagon was set up again in Columbus in 2008 for UFC 82, drawing more than 16,000.Labels: Arnold Fitness Expo, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Commission, UFC
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:13 PM
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