{"id":54335,"date":"2013-03-18T07:16:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=54335"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:14:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:14:16","slug":"ufc-plans-to-return-to-boston-this-year-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-plans-to-return-to-boston-this-year-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC plans to return to Boston this year | UFC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dana-White31.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dana-White31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dana-White31.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dana-White31-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Dana-White31-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe UFC will be returning to Boston for the first time since August of 2010 when it hosts an event later this year.<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White confirmed the plans following this past weekend&#8217;s UFC 158 event in Montreal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;ll be going back to Boston this year. We&#8217;ll do Boston this year. &#8230; I said it recently, but it&#8217;ll be sooner than people think. I just can&#8217;t announce it yet.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>UFC 118<em> <\/em>was the last event to be held in Boston, that card featured a lightweight title fight between then-lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and ex-titleholder B.J. Penn. Additionally, Randy Couture easily submitted boxer James Toney in the pay-per-view co-headliner.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which also coincided with a UFC Fan Expo, drew 14,168 spectators for a live gate of approximately $2.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to bjpenn.com for further updates regarding UFC Boston 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC will be returning to Boston for the first time since August of 2010 when it hosts an event later this year. 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