Day: 7. Februar 2025

MONTREAL we are BACK 😤

The Octagon is heading up north for #UFC315 🇨🇦

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Tickets on sale Feb 28 | Learn more: https://t.co/nnDMHrujre pic.twitter.com/uzdX1BJjjg — UFC (@ufc) February 7, 2025 The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking to an old stomping ground not reached in a decade.

The organization announced on Friday that it was making its return to the 514 for UFC 315, which will take place on May 10 inside of the city’s Bell Centre. No fights have been announced for the pay-per-view offering in Quebec’s largest city yet. It will be the first time the UFC has traveled to Montreal since UFC 186 in 2015.

At that fight card that April, Demetrious Johnson landed a buzzer-beater armbar on Kyoji Horiguchi to defend his flyweight strap. It was initially slated to be headlined by T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao, but the former fell out of the matchup due to injury. In the co-main attraction on UFC 186, Quinton Jackso…

Ultimate Fighting Championship great Dominick Cruz had a major impact on the development of MMA and fighter talent around the world.

News of Cruz’ retirement came Thursday courtesy of his announcement, shortly following the release that he had sustained injuries that ejected him a retirement bout with Rob Font. Instead of getting back on the mend, the 39-year-old decided it was time to move on. The Alliance MMA fighter serves as a coach and trainer as well as a commentator and analyst for the UFC.

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One of the many fighters Cruz had an impact on was future UFC beltholder Deiveson Figueiredo. Formerly a flyweight that captured the belt on more than one occasion, “Daico” has since moved to the 135-pound category where Cruz made his mark. The new division breathed life into the aging Brazilian, winning three straight until encountering Petr Yan and coming up short in November. Figueiredo spoke to Sherdog about Cruz’ retirement, speaking highly of “The D…