{"id":118552,"date":"2014-11-09T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=118552"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:10:53","slug":"new-tv-deal-opens-possibility-of-more-ufc-australia-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/new-tv-deal-opens-possibility-of-more-ufc-australia-events\/","title":{"rendered":"New TV Deal Opens Possibility Of More UFC Australia Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-releases-two-foreign-fighters\/ufc-logo-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117981\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/UFC-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"UFC Logo\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/UFC-Logo.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/UFC-Logo-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/UFC-Logo-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a new TV deal in the works, the UFC could possibly be taking more trips to Australia to hold events, and fight fans may even see a season of The Ultimate Fighter between Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tom Wright, the UFC Managing Director for Operations in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, who spoke at the post-fight press conference on Friday, the UFC is in the middle of a deal with FOX Sports Australia.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are in the middle of concluding our broadcast agreements both FOX Sports Australia here and with Sky in New Zealand, and those are the two places where it makes a lot of sense for us to look at the next \u2018TUF: Nations.\u2019 It probably wont happen in 2015, maybe 2016.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The UFC held UFC Fight Night Sydney this past Friday which featured a headlining bout between Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold, which Rockhold won via TKO in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see the UFC travel to Australia more in the future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a new TV deal in the works, the UFC could possibly be taking more trips to Australia to hold events, and fight fans may even see a season of The Ultimate Fighter between Australia and New Zealand. 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