UFC Press Conference in Calgary on Wednesday
On the heels of a rumoured July 21 date for UFC 149 in Calgary Alberta, UFC officials have announced that they will hold a press conference this Wednesday, March 21 at Flames Central for a “major announcement”. The press conference will be hosted by UFC President Dana White as well as Director of Canadian Operations Tom Wright and is slated to begin at 12 noon local time. The event will will be open to the public.
The following day, on March 22, Alberta based UFC fighters Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, Nick Ring and Mitch Clarke will take part in an open workout along with Calgary Stampeders Eric Fraser and Corey Mace who will try their hand at some MMA techniques. The open workout is scheduled for 11am-1pm at BDB Martial Arts and will also be open to the public.
Schedule of Events (all free and open to the public):
UFC Press Conference:
WHEN: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 – 12 p.m. MTN (doors to the public at 11:30 a.m.)
WHERE: Flames Central, 219-8th Street SW, Calgary
WHO: UFC President Dana White, UFC Director of Canadian Operations Tom Wright
UFC Open Workouts:
WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2012 – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. MTN
WHERE: BDB Martial Arts, 3300 14th Ave NE
WHO: Jason MacDonald, UFC Middleweight
Nick Ring, UFC Middleweight
Mitch Clarke, UFC Lightweight
Eric Fraser, Calgary Stampeders defensive back
Corey Mace, Calgary Stampeders defensive lineman
Ooooh, this could be fun.
Yea Mitch, cool opportunity!
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Note that lazy Hague isn’t invited
Wicked for Mitch!!!
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Tim Hague is a Beast . I would like to see him on that card over the others mentioned . Mabey a match against Soa the Hulk Palelie . Everybody likes watching HeavyWeights .
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hague sucks…thank god he is not gonna be on the card.thank you joe silva.
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UPDATE: From Sportsnet Facebook page…
“Watch UFC press conference LIVE from Calgary today at 2 pm ET on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific, or go to http://www.sportsnet.ca for LIVE streaming”
sounds like Aldo may defend belt in Calgary.
Aldo would be great! cannot when do tickets go on sale :D so pumped, glad they are not jibbing us on fights if they are giving us a title fight.
Thanks again for keeping Tim Hague out of the UFC!!!
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So Aldo is confirmed will put title up at UFC 149 no word on opponent.
Tickets for UFC 149 are expected to go on sale around the second week of May.
Aldo will be fighting Roy nelson
Tim hague drives to calgary to beg once again and gets no where…Duh tim you figure it out yet…THEY DON’T WANT YOU.hague has become the joke of the edmonton mma
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Tim Hague should be banned from facebook and twitter.
Get a job, you had your shot or many shots. Now move on and let the real athletes perform in the UFC.
Thanks.
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Fans get ready for the July event
One of those enthusiatic fans is Tim Haig.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/03/21/calgary-ufc-event-july-announcement.html
Regardless of what you think of the guy it is a sad state when they don’t get his name right and miss that he’s a UFC vet. Could you imagine the cries of outrage that would happen if something like this was published:
NHL fan, Pavell Burray…
I get more heat for spelling Corey Houston without an ‘E’.
Brutal,brutal job by CBC.
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The comments section on that article are horrible too. While it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the left leaning tend to gravitate towards CBC the comments remind just how far the sport still has to go to gain public approval.
Biggie!
I know Bigboi we missed you. Go on vacation recently?
New Job has been keeping me pretty busy. I did get cuddles from a UFC vet over the weekend though. That was nice.
Fans get ready for the July event
One of those enthusiatic fans is Tim Haig.
Fan not fighter.
Do you think TIM gets it????????
He should.