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It’s been over a decade because the UFC visited Montreal, however that’s about to alter.
On Friday, promotion officers introduced that the UFC would maintain UFC 315 on the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on Could 10, 2025. The cardboard would be the first Canadian date of the 12 months, after journeys to Toronto and Edmonton in 2024.
No fights have been introduced for UFC 315, although tickets will go on sale on February 28.
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The final time the octagon was in Montreal, house of famed MMA gymnasium TriStar, the cardboard was a bust. T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao had been anticipated to headline UFC 186 in April of 2015, however damage scuttled that. A flyweight struggle between then-champ Demetrious Johnson and Kyoji Horiguchi took its place, however didn’t little to boost curiosity amongst followers used to the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald being featured on main UFC occasions.
Whereas there aren’t any Canadian UFC champions and even challengers in the intervening time, names like Charles Jourdain, Marc-Andre Barriault, Mike Malott, and Jasmine Jasudavicius have helped maintain the flame alive for Canadian MMA. There’s an excellent likelihood that any, or all, might participate in UFC 315.
Regardless of a decade having handed between visits, UFC 315 will mark the eighth journey to Montreal within the promotion’s historical past.
