CALGARY – Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fans packed into Flames Central Wednesday for the UFC 189 World Championship Tour.
Current Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler and Canadian Rory MacDonald were on hand to promote their title fight on July 11 in Las Vegas.
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Calgary has not hosted a UFC card since July 2012, when fans left the Saddledome disappointed–including UFC President Dana White, who has promised that the organization will be back.
No date has been set for a return. Tom Wright, Director of Canadian Operations for UFC, addressed that topic Wednesday. Watch above for his comments.
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