The UFC Will Return to Vancouver, Canada for UFC 289

The UFC is returning to Vancouver, Canada on June 10th.

Canada has been frequently visited, with the UFC already holding thirty-one events, including nineteen PPV events. Vancouver itself has been blessed with five events, including three pay-per-views. The last event held in Canada was also in Vancouver, with the event being UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje on September 14th, 2019, over three years ago. The main event saw former interim Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje TKO Donald Cerrone in the first round.

Canada has seen many fighters throw down in the octagon, including notable names like Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Robbie Lawler, Amanda Nunes, and Valentina Shevchenko.

Canada has also hosted former Welterweight and Middleweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, who headlined five times in Montreal and Toronto. St-Pierre headlined UFC 129, which would have the third-highest attendance at a UFC event, with 55,724 attendees.

The fight card currently looks like this:

Welterweight bout: _Stephen Thompson vs. Michel Pereira_

Women's Flyweight bout: _Miranda Maverick vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius_

Middleweight bout: _Eryk Anders vs. Marc-André Barriault_

Women's Strawweight bout: _Diana Belbiţă vs. Maria Oliveira_

Featherweight bout: _Blake Bilder vs. Kyle Nelson_

Flyweight bout: _Matt Schnell vs. David Dvořák_

Featherweight bout: _Dan Ige vs. Nate Landwehr_

Featherweight bout: _Hakeem Dawodu vs. Lucas Almeida_

Bantamweight bout: _Aiemann Zahabi vs. Aoriqileng_

Canadians Jasmine Jasudavicius, Kyle Nelson, Hakeem Dawodu, Aiemann Zahabi and Marc-André Barriault are already booked for the card, and we'll likely get some more fight announcements soon. Are you excited about the UFC's return to Canada? Who would you like to see headline the card? As a member of the Verdict Community, let us know your thoughts in the comments below.