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hmmhmmcamo · 08-30-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NuclearFart

On a related note, was there some mullet concert in Vancouver last night? There seemed to be a disproportionate amount of Affliction T-shirts walking around downtown last evening.

pretty sure that mullet concert last night was AC/DC.

Winsor_Pilates · 08-30-2009, 03:56 PM

I would love to go watch it, and likely will if it comes, but there will definitely be a huge number of ######s coming in from the Fraser Valley.

hmmhmmcamo · 08-30-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

I would love to go watch it, and likely will if it comes, but there will definitely be a huge number of ######s coming in from the Fraser Valley.

But is this really any different than a typical Lions game or "hardcore/hip hop" concert that apparently attracts a lot of the same people?

I can't see how our Fraser Valley folks can be any worse than some of the suburbs of the american cities the UFC has been to ie. Houston, Newark, Philly, Butt**** nowhere Iowa etc. There are idiots everywhere.

I can't wait for it to come to Vancouver, and with Dana White's plans to put on three cards a month, I can't see it being very long before there's a show in Calgary too.

blankall · 08-30-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hmmhmmcamo

pretty sure that mullet concert last night was AC/DC.

That's the one. Still kickign myself for not going. errr not that I have a mullet or anything

Back on topic, a UFC fight in Vancouver would be ridiculous. The fighters would be blinded from the reflection off the jewels stuck to the Ed Hardy t-shirts.

There would be so much true religion in there....

Safety concerns? I agree no more than a big Lions game. Those events attract just as many Abbotsford rowdy types.

hmmhmmcamo · 08-30-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by blankall

Safety concerns? I agree no more than a big Lions game. Those events attract just as many Abbotsford rowdy types.

What I think will end up happening is people who want tickets to the Vancouver UFC will need to register for a UFC Fight Club membership in order to buy tickets before they go on sale to the public. I'm pretty sure the Montreal shows were pretty much sold out to fight club members before tickets went on sale to the public. The tickets they held back for the public sold out in a minute or so.

The cost for a fight club membership is $75 a year. When you add that to the expected high ticket prices, I think that will price out a lot of the typical F.V. BC Lion crowd that some people are worried will cause problems.

bcb · 09-01-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Do you ever express your opposition by protesting Toronto Maple Leaf games?

That would be like protesting a midget A hockey game

Boblobla · 09-01-2009, 07:43 AM

I am for the UFC coming to Canada. It would be awesome to showcase some of the great Canadian talent. Bring back J-Mac. Bring back Louiseau (sp?).

J pold · 09-01-2009, 08:25 AM

There are two sides of suck to this equation. On the one hand you have the UFC which sucks, along with their hardcore tough acting fans. On the other hand you have people from Vancouver.

mikey_the_redneck · 09-01-2009, 08:27 AM

I am not a huge UFC fan, but it embarrasses me that our country acts like this.........if you don't like UFC don't participate. Stay at home.

DOK · 09-01-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

.... These aren't cockfights here.

Aren't they though?

troutman · 09-01-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cowboy89

If you want to know why residents in BC oppose it, then wait out in the parking lot at a well attended bar that plays the UFC pay per views after the event. Then multiply the ######baggery that ensues with 50 people by 400 and you get the security concerns that would be needed to host an event at GM Place.

IIRC, Banff prohibits UFC fights in the pubs because of d-bag problems.

Pastiche · 09-01-2009, 08:40 AM

Ryan Jenkins was probably a big UFC fan.

Boblobla · 09-01-2009, 08:49 AM

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Ryan Jenkins was probably a big UFC fan.

mykalberta · 09-01-2009, 08:56 AM

Wow the draft dodging capital of Canada for gutless US Soldiers is opposed to a fighting event. Wow - big surprise.

troutman · 09-01-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by mykalberta

Wow the draft dodging capital of Canada for gutless US Soldiers is opposed to a fighting event. Wow - big surprise.

Here's your application to join our forces in Afghanistan:

https://blrscr3.egs-seg.gc.ca/forces...index-eng.aspx

Regulator75 · 09-01-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DOK

Aren't they though?

Yes, only if you add Boxing, Kick Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu and Collegiate Wrestling to that cockfighting list of yours.

Potty · 09-01-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

I would love to go watch it, and likely will if it comes, but there will definitely be a huge number of ######s coming in from the Fraser Valley.

I hope one of them punches you in the face.

User Name · 09-01-2009, 09:53 AM

Holy Crap, that article mentions a George St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva fight... anyone know if this is rumored to happen at some point? That'd be epic!

Regulator75 · 09-01-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by User Name

Holy Crap, that article mentions a George St-Pierre vs. Anderson Silva fight... anyone know if this is rumored to happen at some point? That'd be epic!

Not gonna happen anytime soon. GSP is just too small. Silva looking to step up to the heavy weight division.

Shouldn't this have been originally posted in the CP MMA thread?

MelBridgeman · 09-01-2009, 10:28 AM

The sand castle festival was cancelled in BC due to an over abundance of violence..it is a way of life there

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64633836.html