{"id":191813,"date":"2016-04-15T11:48:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191813"},"modified":"2016-04-15T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:48:33","slug":"ufc-fight-night-89-ottawa-card-sets-new-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-fight-night-89\/ufc-fight-night-89-ottawa-card-sets-new-record\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night 89 Ottawa card sets new record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the UFC to sell out the UFC Fight Night 89 event, which is the UFC&#8217;s debut in Ottawa, Canada. Over 10,000 tickets were sold. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a>, the event &#8220;will be the largest arena show in TD Place history. It also marks the fastest sellout at The Arena at TD Place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event is headlined by Canadian local <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rory-macdonald\/after-failed-negotiations-with-ufc-rory-mac-to-test-free-agency\/\">Rory MacDonald<\/a> (18-3) taking on fellow top welterweight contender <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-wonderboy-thompson-blasts-johny-hendricks-combinations\/\">Stephen Thompson<\/a> (12-1). The winner of the bout could determine the next fighter in line to have a shot at the welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier with the reception we\u2019ve received from Ottawa fans ahead of our debut card in Canada\u2019s capital,\u201d said Tom Wright, UFC Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. \u201cOttawa deserves a stellar card and our athletes will deliver on fight night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The currently scheduled UFC Fight Night 89 card:<br \/>\n&#8211; Rory MacDonald (18-3) vs. Stephen Thompson (12-1) at welterweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Donald Cerrone (29-7) vs. Patrick Cote (23-9) at welterweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Steve Bosse (11-2) vs. Sean O\u2019Connell (17-7) at light heavyweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Elias Theodorou (11-1) vs. Sam Alvey (25-7 1NC) at middleweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Jason Saggo (11-2) vs. Leandro Silva (19-2-1 1NC) at lightweight .<br \/>\n&#8211; Misha Cirkunov (11-2) vs. Ion Cutelaba (11-1) at light heavyweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Olivier Aubin-Mercier (8-2) vs. Thibault Gouti (11-1) at lightweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Tamdan McCrory (14-3) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (17-1) at middleweight.<br \/>\n&#8211; Alex Garcia (13-3,) vs. Colby Covington (8-1) at welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Fight Night 89 will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 in the United States, and on TSN 5 and RDS 2 in Canada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for the UFC to sell out the UFC Fight Night 89 event, which is the UFC&#8217;s debut in Ottawa, Canada. 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