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Summer Kampf: UFC 99 to storm Germany on June 13 of 2009
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Not since Nena’s luftballons has the number 99 caused such a furor among the German population.
UFC President Dana White, the self-imposed Grim Reaper, is bringing UFC 99 to the the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany on June 13 according to Sherdog.com.
Since the UFC will be making its first appearance in the land of Wiener Schnitzel, it will no doubt be looking to stack it’s main event card with some of the worlds most recognizable faces in all of combat sports, including the aging but still popular icons Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
In fact, speculation began to swirl earlier this week via a ...
Hallo UFC: UFC heading to Germany
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BloodyElbow.com first reported that the UFC is going to Germany and now Sherdog.com is confirming it.
The UFC will hold its first event in Germany on June 13 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, the biggest indoor venue in the country with a maximum capacity of 20,000 seats. A contract between Zuffa and Marek Lieberberg, Europe's leading concert promoter, was signed during the passing of UFC 91 in Las Vegas over a week ago.
Whether Couture vs. Liddell IV will headline the event is still up in the air, but it's going to be interesting to ...
UFC 99 “Liddell vs. Couture 4″ Rumored For Cologne Germany
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According to Sherdog.com, the UFC is expected to continue its European expansion as it is rumored to be heading to Germany for UFC 99 on June 13th. Rumored to headline the event is former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture taking on the former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in what will become their forth meeting. Liddell who holds a 2-1 record over Couture, is expected to make the jump to heavyweight for the proposed forth battle.
During his tour in the US army, Randy Couture was stationed at the World War II ...
Building the First UFC Show in Germany
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Sherdog has an interesting look into what's going on to make this happen:
Behind the scenes, co-host Lieberberg is not just your ordinary concert promoter. Besides organizing tours for some of the biggest bands and artists in the world like Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, Metallica, The Police and U2, the Frankfurt-based music magnate has also been instrumental in bringing pro wrestling juggernaut WWE (formerly WWF) to Germany in 1992 before monstrous crowds. More than 41,000 WWE fans flocked to the four shows that were held at the Lanxess Arena ...
Satoshi Ishii, the UFC, and Japan.
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... which has allowed them to turn Germany from a far-fetched talking point to a concrete reality within the span of a few weeks. If you ask me (and I assume you are asking in a hypothetical way since you’re on my damn website) I’d say I don’t expect the UFC to hit up Japan in 2009, but then again I would have placed Germany somewhere in the same area of unlikeliness right up until word came out last month that they were locking down dates. ...
