List of places where we think the UFC should construct stadiums as part of their next expansion plan.

1. By: Worldwide Mixed
Martial Arts

12. OTHER CONTENDERS
• MEXICO – LARGE MARKET WITH FIGHTING HISTORY. UFC HAS BEEN INVESTING IN THIS MARKET VIA ITS
REALITY SHOW, THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, HOWEVER, STILL A YOUNG MARKET WITH ONLY 3 EVENTS HOSTED SO
FAR.
• CURITIBA, BRAZIL – HOME OF ANDERSON SILVA AND CHUTE BOXE, CURITIBA IS OVERSHADOWED BY RIO DE
JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO IN SIZE. THE CITY HOSTED A HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT IN MAY THAT BROUGHT
MORE THAN 42,000 FANS TO A SOCCER STADIUM.
• ALBUQUERQUE – MMA TRAINING MECCA AND HOME TO JACKSON-WINKELJOHN GYM. STILL, THE CITY IN THE
SPARSLEY STATE OF NEW MEXICO HOSTED JUST ONE EVENT, IN 2014.
• JAPAN – HOME TO NUMEROUS MARTIAL ARTS AS WELL AS TO FORMER MMA POWERHOUSE, PRIDE, THE UFC
NEVER REALLY WAS ABLE TO FIND A FOOTHOLD IN THE COUNTRY, HOSTINGJUST 8 TOTAL EVENTS AND ONLY
TWO SINCE 2014.
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