UFC close to Dublin bout

Eurosport - Tue, 30 Sep 10:39:00 2008

The UFC are set to announce that the Republic of Ireland will host an event in Dublin in January.

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The organisation are planning a card on January 17 at the O2 Arena and billed as UFC 93.

And early indications suggest Rich Franklin could possibly take on Chuck Liddell or Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua in a stand-out headliner at the new arena, which officially opens on December 21.

Another rumoured fight being considered for the event is the much-anticipated welterweight showdown between Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.

If the Dublin event goes ahead, the welterweight title fight between BJ Penn and Georges St Pierre - tentatively scheduled for SuperBowl weekend - will become UFC 94.

UFC officials recently came back from a promotional tour of the Philippines and revealed they are planning to stage an event in the country sometime "in the summer of 2009."

"The Philippines is definitely happening, we're working on that right now, Australia and Germany, those three are right now," UFC president Dana White (pictured) said this week.

The UFC have already successfully held several events outside the USA after venturing into Canada, Northern Ireland and England, where they have held bouts in London and Manchester, with UFC 89 coming from Birmingham on October 18.

Alex Sharratt / Eurosport

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  1. Rear Naked News should be given credit. They had it­ first and you took it from them. If it isn't true,­ who are your sources for the match-ups you listed?

    From regredbull, on Tue 30 Sep 9:24PM

  2. I posted this story two days ago after reading about­ the Ireland show on Tatame. I then spoke with a contact­ within the UFC and was told about the possible fights,­ which I listed in my article. Suddenly they appear in­ your article, without any sources listed except for­ "rumors".

    Oh, and my site was on the front­ page of Yahoo US MMA this weekend. Would be quite easy­ for a hack to find, steal, and never credit. If you­ want real MMA news, check out Rear Naked News.

    From rearnaked83, on Tue 30 Sep 9:20PM

  3. How funny that you totally stole this article from Rear­ Naked News.

    Way to go! Next time try to give some­ credit where credit is due!

    From Tim, on Tue 30 Sep 8:12PM

  4. VERY similar to an article from Rear Naked News.

    From shaun, on Tue 30 Sep 7:30PM

  5. Story was taken from Rear Naked News. They posted it on­ Sept 28.

    From one56789, on Tue 30 Sep 6:24PM

  6. my god i thought day would never come cheap trip to the­ ufc,no hotel or flights for once.

    From podger79, on Tue 30 Sep 5:33PM
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