The UFC is making its return to Canada for the first time since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the promotion is coming with a pay-per-view event.
UFC president Dana White announced on Friday that UFC 289 on June 10 will take place at Rogers Center in Vancouver (via Instagram):
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CANADA, WE’RE COMING HOME 🇨🇦👊
We’re OFFICIALLY bringing #UFC289 to Vancouver on June 10th!
Tickets on sale April 21 – register your interest at https://t.co/wmVlbDgqXM 🎟 pic.twitter.com/OWvu7i5rKD
— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) April 7, 2023
Tickets go on sale April 21 for the card, which is headlined by a trilogy fight between women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and former titleholder Julianna Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC).
The UFC most recently visited Canada with an event in Vancouver in September 2019. It has held 31 fight cards in the country overall.
The latest UFC 289 lineup currently includes:
- Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Peña – for women’s bantamweight title
- Michel Pereira vs. Stephen Thompson
- Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Miranda Maverick
- Eryk Anders vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
- Diana Belbita vs. Maria Oliveira
- Blake Bilder vs. Kyle Nelson
- David Dvorak vs. Matt Schnell
- Dan Ige vs. Nate Landwehr
- Lucas Almeida vs. Hakeem Dawodu
- Aiemann Zahabi vs. Aori Qileng