{"id":48605,"date":"2012-12-28T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T18:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=48605"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:22:41","slug":"ufc-heading-to-mexico-in-january-for-the-ultimate-fighter-mexico-casting-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-heading-to-mexico-in-january-for-the-ultimate-fighter-mexico-casting-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC heading to Mexico in January for \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter Mexico\u201d casting | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cain-wins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27877\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cain-wins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White has made his intentions very clear in regards to wanting to bring his company to Mexico, but Thursday\u00a0marked the first time that he&#8217;s revealed some tangible details on when and how.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re going down there, we\u2019re casting,\u201d<\/em> said White following Thursday\u2019s UFC 155 pre-fight press conference in Las Vegas. <em>\u201cWe\u2019re working on an Ultimate Fighter Mexico.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White is hopeful that there are enough talented fighters south of the American border for an all-Mexican version of the reality series. Even with casting slated to be underway in January, a television deal is not yet in place.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhen you\u2019re dealing with some of these countries where, you know, five families run all of Mexico. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 White commented when asked about a broadcast deal for Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re talking to everybody down there. We\u2019ll get this thing squared away; get The Ultimate Fighter running down there. Once we get the right deal, I know it will be big.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White compared Mexico to Brazil when he discussed how big the impact of <em>The Ultimate Fighter <\/em>would be once it gets off the ground there. He doesn\u2019t for a second question if the support is there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe fans are definitely there. They\u2019re absolutely positively there; that\u2019s not a concern at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With casting underway in less than a month, get ready for <em>The Ultimate Fighter Mexico <\/em>sometime in the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White has made his intentions very clear in regards to wanting to bring his company to Mexico, but Thursday\u00a0marked the first time that he&#8217;s revealed some tangible details on when and how. \u201cWe\u2019re going down there, we\u2019re casting,\u201d said White following Thursday\u2019s UFC 155 pre-fight press conference in Las Vegas. \u201cWe\u2019re working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[255,9,649,3516,934,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium 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